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This is a fantasy story that avoids almost all cliches and has Antihero MC with a dark world setting. - - - Volume 1: 28 years old man James Carter dies from overwork and is reborn into a new world filled with fantasy and magic while retaining the memories of his past life. James, now Jake, who always wished to escape his dull and miserable life, has been given a chance to turn over a new leaf and start from scratch in a new world. Follow this journey of Jake Hill, will he be able to live the life he always dreamt of? — — Content Warning: This novel contains many dark and R-18 elements, like human trafficking, slavery, gore, torture, psychological trauma, and many uncomfortable concepts, readers' discretion is advised. — — A/N: This is not a romance story; MC is not a goody-two-shoes, nor he is chaotic evil. The story is a seinen type where the world doesn't revolve around MC; politics is heavy in this story; This story doesn't contain fan-service nor this is a wish-fulfillment. MC will be OP but not the strongest.

In the gritty urban landscape of a New Port Metropolis, Detective Jake Adams finds himself entangled in a relentless investigation following a brutal murder. What initially seems like a routine case soon plunges him into a dark labyrinth of sinister gangs and powerful mafias. As he delves deeper, shocking revelations surface: assassins who have transcended death, walking as undead enforcers in a malevolent conspiracy. With bodies piling up and chaos gripping the city, Jake must confront not only the shadows lurking within the criminal underworld but also the haunting ghosts of his own past. In this gripping novel, a heart-pounding quest unfolds, entwining elements of romance, pulse-pounding thrills, and high-octane action. Throughout this treacherous journey, the boundaries between life and death blur, testing Jake's resolve and forcing him to navigate treacherous alliances in a desperate battle against forces determined to devour everything he holds dear. As the stakes escalate, can he endure until the very end, or will the dark forces consume him, leaving the city's fate hanging in the balance?

Shadowborne Estate lies on the isolated peaks of Mount Umbra. It is home to the most feared family of assassins in the world, known by only one name: the Shadowborne. Their name raises terror in the mouths of kingdoms, and death arrives silently with no errors whatsoever. They were trained from childhood, each a master with unique skills as honed by brutal discipline and unbreakable loyalty to the family's legacy. But with the arrival of Kael, the youngest successor, who starts to question the moral aspect of their profession, cracks begin to form within the otherwise ironclad code of the family. Curiosity and a yearning for freedom drive Kael to uncover secrets buried within the Shadowborne archives truths related to their origin, their cursed lineage, and the price of their mastery. Kael's rebellion sets off a chain reaction that pits him against his ruthless siblings, all of whom will stop at nothing to uphold the Shadowborne legacy. As alliances shift and betrayals mount, Kael has to decide whether to destroy the legacy he was born into or embrace it to protect those he loves. The Shadowborne Legacy is about the thin line between duty and defiance, entwining the tale of dark secrets, complex family bonds, and the battle for identity over generations of shadows.

Alistair Woods lives in a rural village. When his fiancée breaks the marriage contract because she believes he is not on the same level as the first Female Warrior, his relief does not last long: his master has another arranged marriage in line! This time, Alistair cannot escape the union and leaves for Lothan City, where he marries Lisa Anderson. What Alistair did not expect was to be so mistreated and to have his honor questioned by his new family. However, he has more important matters to deal with, such as a grand scheme that could put the lives of many in danger. And here, the poor village boy will show that in addition to being the Divine Healer, he is also a Master Warrior!

Marcus was crazily in love with his fiancée Jessica, even when she saw him as nothing more than a burden and a freeloader. MARCUS was the kind of loving partner everyone wished they had, but Jessica never appreciated him. She constantly belittled him and preferred spending time with another man, treating Marcus like he was worthless. In the end, Marcus couldn’t take it anymore and left. That was when the whole world found out who he really was. He wasn’t a freeloader. He was the heir to the biggest company in the city. Jessica ran after him in panic, her face pale with regret. “Please… I was wrong. Let’s get married now.” Too late.

Levi’s world shatters the day he is framed for murder. Arrested, disgraced, and left to rot in prison, he watches his life collapse piece by piece. His wife, Audrey Valentine, files for divorce and works to erase his name from her empire. His legacy, his marriage, his freedom—gone in an instant. Just when he believes it’s over, an old ally reaches out with a lifeline. Levi is pulled back into the world he thought he’d lost, returning as a covert operative under his former code name: Agent 7. Free once more, he dives headfirst into a mission that demands precision, secrecy, and the cold detachment of a man with nothing left to lose. But his return to the field is complicated by Rose—his childhood friend and the one person who still sees the man behind the agent. Now, Levi must walk a razor’s edge between love and betrayal, duty and desire. Enemies close in from all sides, and every choice could cost him his mission—or his heart. A story of romance, deceit, and relentless action.

Mystery, action, killer, and bloody romance, prepare your heart before reading, some scenes may disturbing. ******* The deepest mind of humans is scary, you can never know how deep it was even it's your own mind, and everybody really has dark matter floating around their chest and just wait the very right time to explode. Dakota Sorrenson, a profiler, a young man with the deepest mind who knows how the dark mind works, thought his life never going to be so weird more than he was until a package with hand arrive at his office, someone being playing the mind with him. While Sam Danson is a fine young cold head detective, his sharp and deep analysis of the criminal is different from how Dakota sees it, together they try to figure out every step of the sadistic crime with an unthinkable method has been done. This is getting darker and full of mystery, unsolved crimes and unthinkable results, it's full of nerve cracking, get ready for the worse than you can even think about.

Twenty days before the world freezes to death, Zane wakes up again. In his previous life, the temperature plunged to minus 200°C, turning Earth into a frozen hell. Civilization collapsed. Warmth became currency, and betrayal came from those he trusted most — his fiancée, his family, and the neighbors he once helped. They left him to die in the snow like a fool. Now, granted a second chance by Hades, Zane returns with cold fury and zero mercy. This time, he will hoard every resource, build an unbreakable fortress, and become the Ice-bound Overlord. When the snowpocalypse hits… he will watch them freeze and beg. **Grab your coat. The ice age is closer than you think.😜**

"In the Arctic, there are no witnesses. Only the ice." Vane Skadi found the ultimate energy source—and earned a flare to the chest and a thousand-foot drop into a nameless crevasse. Betrayed by his fiancée and left to rot by the Zenith Syndicate, his story should have ended in the frost. But his tomb is the burial ground of a Primordial. As his heart stops, a screen flickers in the dark: [CRITICAL TEMPERATURE REACHED. SOUL-BINDING WITH "THE GLACIER HEART" INITIATED.] Vane doesn't just survive. He evolves. Consuming the frozen spirits of ancient predators, he masters absolute zero. He can strip thermal energy, forge weapons from black ice, and command the very blizzards meant to bury him. A lethal winter is coming for the elites in their warm, gilded towers. They left him in the cold. Now, he is the cold.

Betrayed by his noble fiancée, discarded by his family, and exiled to a slum clinic, Ray Graham discovers that his lifelong “illness” was actually a spell to imprison his true abilities, the powers of the mythical Celestial Healer, a being capable of rewriting fate and resurrecting the dead. As Ray heals the forgotten poor, his miracles draw attention from dangerous enemies… and awaken memories they tried to erase. He uncovers the truth: his ex-wife’s family sealed him as a child and stole his identity to hide a crime so ancient the kingdom nearly fell. When he learns that a catastrophic plague, engineered by his own clan centuries ago, is returning, Ray must decide: Will he save those who betrayed him… or watch the kingdom burn?