Strangers On A Train

THE DRAGON’S ASHES In the Kingdom of Valen, power belongs to those who possess mana. Mages command the elements. Spell-knights serve the crown. Nobles are born with magical blood that grants them privilege, wealth, and influence. Those without mana are considered worthless—fit only for servitude. Samson is one of them. An orphan with no family name, no noble blood, and not a single spark of mana in his veins, Samson has spent his life enduring humiliation at Castle Oakhaven. Forced to clean stables, polish armor, and train under merciless knights, he is mocked by nobles who believe he was born defective. But Samson possesses something they cannot understand: an unbreakable will. When an army from the Abyss tears open the sky above Oakhaven, the castle becomes a battlefield. Dark sorcerers descend upon the kingdom, slaughtering knights and mages alike. Amid the chaos, Samson makes an impossible choice—risking his life to save the very noble who spent years despising him. The price is death. As necrotic magic destroys his body and his heart gives its final beat, something ancient awakens within his bones. Something that was never mana. A power older than kingdoms. Older than magic itself. Dragon blood. Samson rises from the ashes transformed, his body carrying the fury of an ancient lineage and his eyes burning with the power of a creature feared since the dawn of creation. Above the ruined castle, a legendary dragon descends from the storm clouds and bows before him. The boy everyone called worthless has awakened. Now the nobles who mocked him, the mages who dismissed him, and the enemies who invaded his kingdom are about to discover a terrifying truth: The most dangerous power in Valen was never meant to be wielded by a mage. It was meant to awaken in Samson.

# HELLSPAWN HUNTER ## Synopsis **When the gates of Hell crack open over his hometown, seventeen-year-old Kael Draven should have died with everyone else. Instead, he made a deal with a dying demon—and became something the supernatural world has never seen before.** Kael's father was a legendary Hunter who died keeping secrets. His demonic bond makes him an abomination in the eyes of his father's former allies. And Vex'thul, the ancient demon sharing his headspace, won't shut up long enough to let him figure out which side he's supposed to be on. **Vex'thul the Unbound has survived three millennia by being paranoid, ruthless, and absolutely insufferable. Now he's stuck in the body of an idealistic teenager who thinks "heroism" is a viable career path.** Together, they're humanity's most dysfunctional defense against the supernatural apocalypse. Kael wants to save everyone. Vex wants to survive everything. Neither is getting what they want. The Hunter Academy doesn't train half-demons. Vampire covens don't trust monsters with consciences. Exorcist orders shoot first and ask questions later. And somewhere in the shadows, the conspiracy that killed Kael's father is pulling strings that could unravel reality itself. **Armed with unstable demonic powers, a demon who treats life-or-death situations like a running commentary track, and a stubborn refusal to accept that some people can't be saved, Kael is about to learn that the hardest part of hunting monsters isn't the fighting—it's deciding which monsters deserve to live.** In a world where humanity's protectors might be the real villains, Kael Draven will discover that sometimes the only way to save the world is to embrace the darkness within. *Because when Hell comes calling, sometimes you need a monster to answer.*

"No one cares whether I live or die," Christian thought as he felt himself losing consciousness, his body weak and broken after being abused to the brink of death by his own father. When he woke, however, he found himself surrounded by a group of unfamiliar faces. These strangers, claiming to be his mother's relatives, looked at him with a mix of fury and compassion, grandfather, uncles, and aunts, people he never knew existed, stood before him. "Who dared to hurt the heir of the Sargent family?" His uncles roared, their voices trembling with rage. "The one who dares to lay a finger on my precious grandson will meet their end!" His grandfather declared with cold determination. "Here, Christian," one of his aunts smiled, handing him a sparkling black card. "This is your diamond card, one of a kind. It’s all yours, you could even buy a country with it if that’s what you want." They treated him like the most precious treasure in the world. The once-abandoned and ridiculed son of the Adam's family turned out to be the long-lost heir of the prestigious Sargent family. The same Adam family that had humiliated and tormented him was brought to their knees. Broken and desperate, they begged for his forgiveness. "Christian, we’re sorry," they pleaded. "Please, have mercy on us! After all, we’re still family!" A tale of vengeance and redemption. The Rise of Christian Sargent chronicles, a journey of an abandoned son reclaiming his identity and power as a true heir of Sargent family. As Christian unravels the mysteries of his bloodline, he forges unexpected connections, faces his enemies, and discovers the truth behind his mother’s legacy in this magical and exhilarating saga.