Rusé

Upon awakening his eyes, all of a sudden all the people important in his life were gone. He had no idea how he had led to the railing and how his fate had changed. Until he discovered that someone was controlling his life.

March 16, 2020 8 pm when the Philippine government implemented the nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19. But ten years later, the planet earth became dominated by the dead and the living became the strangers in their own planet. The last laboratory still functioning in the world sent out a message that they finally found the cure to stop the spread of the virus. Problem is, how will the survivors reach the laboratory's location? How can they save humanity if they have to fight their way through dead walkers that will tear them into pieces when given the chance? Is there any hope left for humanity?

When Victor Lazarus, the world's most powerful art broker, dies suddenly, the international art scene holds its breath. For decades, Lazarus built an empire not by owning the world's rarest masterpieces, but by exhibiting them—Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Hokusai, and more. These works, entrusted to him by the world's wealthiest collectors, turned his gallery into their stage: where masterpieces drew crowds, prestige, and profit, until the moment the owners chose to sell. Now, with Lazarus gone, the curtain is rising on the greatest auction of the century. Twelve priceless works, each carrying centuries of history, are set to leave his gallery forever. For the elite, it is a chance to claim cultural immortality. For the press, it is a spectacle without equal. For one crew of six, it is something else entirely. They see more than paintings under glass. They see a once-in-a-lifetime fortune, one last performance of Lazarus's legacy, only rewritten in their favor. With few months to prepare, outthink security systems, staff rotations, and every eye that will be watching. Few months to pull off a heist that would shatter records and rewrite history. But art has a way of ensnaring those who covet it. In the chase for fortune, the question is not only whether the heist can succeed, but whether Lazarus's legacy will be honored, betrayed, or reborn in the shadows. The Lazarus Job is a razor-sharp thriller of art, ambition, power, and the dangerous game played where beauty and power collide.

"Mr. Verus,” she said, “the surgery has already been paid for.” Cassius blinked, stunned. “What? By who?” Before the nurse could respond, a tall, imposing figure appeared. The man was impeccably dressed, his presence commanding attention. “I paid for it,” the man said, his deep voice resonating in the sterile corridor. Cassius stood, his body tense. “Who are you?” The man smiled faintly, extending a hand. “Augustus Verus,” he said. “Your father.” Shock coursed through Cassius. “My father?” he echoed, incredulous. “That’s impossible.” “It’s the truth,” Augustus said, pulling out a neatly folded envelope. Inside were photographs, documents—proof of their connection. “I’ve been watching from a distance, waiting for the right moment to step in. And now, it’s time.” Cassius stared at the evidence, his emotions a whirlwind of disbelief, anger, and curiosity. “Why now? Why not before?” Augustus met his gaze steadily. “Because you had to face life’s hardships to grow. But now, you’ve earned the right to know the truth—and the power to change your fate.” He handed Cassius a sleek black card. “This is yours. It grants you access to my wealth. Use it wisely.” Cassius hesitated before taking the card, his fingers trembling. The weight of everything that had happened—his humiliation, his sister’s injury, and now this revelation—threatened to overwhelm him. But as he looked at Augustus, determination flickered in his eyes. “I’ll use this,” he said quietly, “to protect Vinna—and to repay everyone who looked down on me.” Augustus nodded, a faint smile on his lips. “Then I trust you won’t disappoint me, son.” Cassius watched as Augustus walked away, leaving him standing in the sterile hallway, a man reborn."

College had been nothing but hell for Wesley Quigley ever since he joined. Until one faithful night, while returning to his dorm after work, he got attacked by a wolf and thought it was the end of his life when he got bitten. However, that would turn out to be untrue as that'd only mark the beginning of his rise in college.

He woke up in a city that doesn’t forget—but he remembers nothing. With a name that isn’t his, hunted by ghosts that wear familiar faces, and a past stitched into someone else’s war, Ethan Vale must navigate Echelon City’s labyrinth of lies to reclaim who he is. But the truth may be the deadliest weapon in a world built on deception. In the game of Lazarus, the first one to remember dies.

Gabriel, a guard in a commercial city, makes the mistake of letting a stranger into his country. He unknowingly caused that place to be attacked by invaders from another country. Seeing how in a matter of minutes invaders arrive and attack the city. He decides to flee with hundreds of people and leaves his family behind, however he is caught by some adventurers who belong to the invaders and is used by them as a slave to explore the dungeons that they consider very dangerous. However they are lucky and he manages to find the entrance to a place protected by a stone giant. He gives him a sword so that Gabriel leaves and does not bother in that place. However, due to the power that the young man is acquiring in all the missions with the sword, he begins to become a little colder and loses the heroism that he should have developed, because he begins to remember that all the people of his city perished by the invasion. His mind begins to cloud, but the world does not need a villain, it needs a hero at that moment.

Power blinds and leads the greedy on to a path of destruction. But there are some who with patience grow and become invincible. ---- 2156, The world has been crippled by the Black Virus, the worst villain earth had ever seen. Blessed with infinite power, the Bio-bots journey across the galaxy, fighting battles and saving the weak. They are hellbent on destroying the Black Virus, and they will destroy absolutely anything in their path in order to accomplish their mission. **** Instagram: author_dmc_max. Discord: https://discord.gg/jwYW2fZspZ

Jin Hale is a corporate office worker, who practiced martial arts and swordsmanship during his university years. He wants nothing but to laze around and read his book which he almost achieved in the most ironic way, by dying. But a mysterious old man appeared to him and give him a second chance but with a certain condition. To stop the annihilation of all races and save the planet. Since he was given a second chance, he must do everything to achieve his ultimate goal by not under any circumstances dying again.

Cerberus has always been an apathetic child ever since he was born. He would sometimes perform actions that children his age shouldn't be capable of doing. For example, there was a time when he tortured a fellow student who had wronged him to the point where even his fellow students feared him. After all when 13-year-old children witness the scene of a child with an expressionless face slowly ripping off the flesh and bones of another child his age, they were bound to become afraid. Even Cerberus' family didn't know the reason for his apathy and neither did Cerberus himself. That is until the day he came across an artifact. This artifact would lead to him discovering the reason for his apathy as well as his hidden heritage and bloodline that would soon open him up to the realms filled with numerous gods and entities as well as lead to the creation of powerful enemies who wish to kill him. This was because within his bloodline were abilities that posed a great threat to the power of numerous gods, demons, and various entities alike. Other books: Death's successor