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Clarke Wiseheart wears a gentle mask, but beneath it lies a brutal will. A man who plays the fool until the time comes to strike. After twenty years of obscurity, Clarke’s hunger for dominance never faded. When his father gave the order, Clarke unleashed his brilliance, stepping back into a ruthless world where only the cunning survive. But this time, he’s not just the heir of a shadowed empire; he’s an outsider turned family man, married into a household that underestimates him at every turn. As he climbs to the top with unrelenting strategies and calculated ferocity, the people who once dismissed him as a failure are left stunned. Is Clarke Wiseheart, the accidental son-in-law? How is it that he now rules us all?

🏆["Silver Medal" in Urban Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 Daniel Lane couldn't seem to catch a break, from losing his job to losing his girlfriend, and then finally losing his scholarship on the same day. He was set up, humiliated and soon reduced to the status of a worthless man. To make matters worse, his only close relative became critically ill and was immediately hospitalized, in need of a large amount of money. Just as Daniel hit rock bottom, he found three letters written in code in the study ...

Born in an abusive home, Steven Gold hated his Mafia Dad. He hated the wealth it brought and the sleepless nights it caused. He hated the man’s bloodshed, his cruelty, his abusive tendencies and his crying mother. He hated being born in a world of wealth. He hated being seen as his father’s disgraceful legacy; a weakling who could barely survive on his own. Now Steven will explore the world he hates to prove a point to his father. To prove he could be a better mafia and not hurt people. But with the journey comes painful discoveries, unexpected twists, an evil entanglement and deadly decisions which leads to more destruction. His father’s blood still runs in his veins and if Steven isn’t careful, he might end up being the mirror of his father.

Married to the daughter of the wealthy Sanandrian, Savador faces humiliation from his wealthy in-laws and the rich. He finds comfort in his beautiful wife, Emily, who shatters his heart by sleeping with Carlos Montreal, the grandson of the wealthiest man. Revealing her true reason behind their marriage. She shows no remorse and tosses a divorce paper at Savador. Sending the poor man to the point of suicide. At the brim of death, Savador is stopped by an old man. Who not only pacifies Savador, but leaves the poor man shocked. "I am Don Pablo Montreal. And I want you to run my empire. "

Don't fear the face of Death, for he is the face of all man. • Some say that hell is other people; that hell is but only in the mind, and that hell is a place...but in this case it's all of the above, though just far between the cracks of life's façade. And it all starts in a town, called (S)hellville, U. S. A. Rowland DeWilliers is a South African born artist who resides in this blue and yet dry American coastal haven with a lust and desire for life despite his inability to chase after it , as he scrubs dishes and tries to pay his bills. Upon meeting a dark stranger by the name of Nick, his dreams suddenly seem achievable and on his way to distinguished fame, he, along with the haphazard guidance from his new aquiantance, starts to see the world anew. But with such enlightenment, comes the price of the shadowy darkness that which surrounds him. Until he is faced with the choice of being DeWilliers/Machapela or becoming DEVILE.

Once a powerful commander known as The Hades, Darien French lost his ability to see the future after being poisoned. He went into hiding and married Cersei Smith. Though blind, Darien supported Cersei as she built her company. When Cersei asked for a divorce, saying Darien was mediocre and a burden, he was left alone, broken, humiliated and dejected. "I will show her," he muttered through clenched teeth. "I will show them all. Once I regain my sight, they will pay for doubting me." Now, after fully regaining his sight and powers of prophecy through further treatment, Darien is more determined than ever. "Now that I've regained my full abilities, nothing will stop me from reclaiming my title as the great Hades," he declared.

Anthony Marcellus was once a rich man but life happened to him and he became so poor that he had to start washing cars with young boys just to earn a living. He was constantly humiliated by the boys and even his boss at work, his friends left him because he was now wretched and poor. Even his wife Lilian Anderson, whom he had trained in school and helped her become an accountant, began falling out of love for him because he had suddenly lost all he had. One day, Lilian decided to end it all with a divorce, this made Tony so miserable and depressed to the point that he almost wanted to hang himself, it was that same moment, he met a man who knew him, Anthony Marcellus was a secret heir….

Derek was treated like a nobody by everyone around him. He was betrayed by his wife and everyone mocks him. He was forced to live his life as a pauper. Just as the time he thought it was the end for him, he got a call that he was the secret heir to a multimillionaire company.

“So this is what you really want, Jasmine?” he asked, his voice calm yet laced with an undercurrent of disappointment. “After everything?” She crossed her arms, her expression hardening. “Let’s not pretend there was ever an ‘everything’ between us. You don’t get to guilt me, Ethan. I’ve been miserable, living with a man who has no drive, no ambition. I’ve wasted enough time.” Ethan’s mouth tightened, but he stayed silent, letting her words sink in. She’d always seen him as a failure, the quiet husband who blended into the background. And now, with the prospect of a new life on the horizon, she was willing to cast him aside without hesitation. In that moment, Ethan felt something within him shift—a quiet yet powerful resolve. She had no idea who he was, what he had done for her, and the lengths he had gone to support her dreams while sacrificing his own. The weight of his hidden life, his secrets, his true identity, all of it bore down on him, but he remained silent. He calmly reached for a pen, signing his name with a steady hand. As he finished, he pushed the papers back to her, his eyes meeting hers with a new intensity. “You’ll get what you want, Jasmine,” he said quietly, each word filled with a weight she couldn’t quite decipher. “But I want you to remember this moment.” She blinked, confused, perhaps even a little unnerved by his composed demeanor. “Remember it? What are you talking about?”

(Completed!) Driven to suicide by a draconian contract, Murphy dies as a failed author in a dystopian society overtaken by AI. Luckily, he gets to redo his last seven years, accompanied by a System and uncanny dreams from the future! In a bid to avoid past's woes, he undertakes a quest to find 7 Numen Codes, the key to changing his story!