The Eminence In Shadow

Two years ago, the trillion dollar king of the Sterling Financial Empire vanished after a brutal assassination attempt on a mountain road, left to die by his unfaithful wife and treacherous family. He woke up with zero memories in the muddy gutters of the city slums, taken in by a kindly diner owner and his beautiful daughter Clara, who named him Marcus. For twenty four months, he lived as a quiet kitchen beggar, chopping onions and washing dirty plates. But when a ruthless loan shark and a corrupt young master slide into the slums to destroy his new home and force Clara into a dark fate, a brutal pipe strike to his head shatters the mental wall. The amnesiac beggar is dead. Christian Sterling has awakened. Armed with a single text message that can freeze entire national banking sectors in two minutes, and backed by a fiercely loyal elite security shadow team, the ultimate master begins his terrifying cold blooded comeback. They thought he was a bug under their shoes, but they are about to learn the true price of crossing a hidden god.

When demon hunter Myles Cross is killed during a mission gone wrong, he expects hell—or worse. What he gets instead is an offer from the Lord of the Underworld himself. Reborn as the Hellborn, Myles becomes Hades’ last hope in a cosmic chess game where the Seven Trumpets—ancient relics powerful enough to trigger the apocalypse—have begun to surface. With one strapped to his wrist in the form of a mysterious watch, Myles must now face a brutal new reality: hunted by demons, betrayed by humans, and haunted by what he's becoming. As the Paragon—an elite faction sworn to exterminate all supernatural threats—capture him and question his existence, Myles finds an unlikely ally in the cold but conflicted Lieutenant Anna Storm. Together, they must survive assassins like the sadistic Kaelin, the shape-shifting shadow Nixx, and the monstrous Infernox. But as each trumpet awakens, the line between salvation and damnation blurs. And with his powers growing and his past life crumbling, Myles must decide— Is he the world’s last defense? Or its doom incarnate?

POV Kaelen For me, life is a constant challenge. I’m a werewolf, but I’ve been blind my whole life, which has made everything so much harder. Over time, thanks to my wolf instincts, I’ve developed my other senses to the point where I’ve become the best fighter in the pack. Not many people know me well; the only one who truly understands me is my best friend and Alpha, Chase. But despite my strength, I’m haunted by a fear worse than death: the possibility that, because of my condition, I’ll never be able to find or recognize my mate. Then, when I least expected it, while I was out in the human world, I caught a scent. I knew instantly it was her. I’ve started a difficult search to find her, but I’m terrified of what might happen. Will she understand what I am? Will she reject me? Or, like in my worst nightmares, will she just vanish like a shadow in the daylight?

‎📖 A Soldier’s Creed – Back-Cover Blurb ‎ ‎In the unforgiving deserts of Afghanistan, survival is never promised. ‎ ‎Elite commando Lt. Michael Rockefeller is chosen for a mission so dangerous it’s been called a death sentence: infiltrate Taliban strongholds, assassinate their most feared leader, and rescue captured CIA agents before their execution is broadcast to the world. ‎ ‎Armed with nothing but his training, his squad, and the unshakable creed he has lived by—never abandon the mission, never abandon a brother—Michael steps into enemy territory where every shadow hides a rifle, and every whisper carries betrayal. ‎ ‎But when a trusted ally turns traitor, Michael is captured and thrown into the Taliban’s underground dungeon. Tortured, hunted, and facing death not once, but twice, he must fight his way back from the edge of oblivion. ‎ ‎Now, with time running out and his creed tested to the breaking point, one question remains: ‎Will he complete the mission—or will the mission consume him? ‎ ‎A raw, relentless tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and survival, A Soldier’s Creed grips you from the first page to the last shot fired.

In a world where the fabric of reality is held together by delicate threads only the most skilled Weavers can see, Rowan is a rogue element. His job is to mend what the unwary might rip apart and spill into the hungry Void, and he does it illegally, using iron pliers and copper thread. But now Rowan is bleeding gold from his Weaver’s marks, and it seems that the ancient Anchor that keeps the universe from being swallowed by the Void is being cut. Lord Sterling, the aloof, if willing, partner of his latest job, informs him that lately there have been disappearances – not just deaths, but erasures, as if the mended never existed. And so Rowan traces the black-market Void merchandise to the very heart of the Court of Mirrors, aided by a thief who walks her reflections’ paths. There, in the labyrinth of light and shadow, he uncovers a plot by the Unravelers to sever the last remaining threads and usher in the rebirth of the new reality. But the final truth is that the last Anchor is Rowan’s blood, and Sterling’s blade is poised to cut it away. Does Rowan sacrifice himself to save the world or let the Void consume it?

‎The shadow king would rule despite his solar lineage. Raised among the wolves at the High Kingdom's royal court, the son of a deposed god and exiled goddess was Kaelen, a perfect, divinely perfect archer, a god of hunters, a holy and perfect weapon of war. He masked his monstrous, divine talents from his mortal, warring brothers to avoid their hatred; however, a god could not forever be hidden away. ‎ ‎Abandoned with nothing but a bow and bloodline to the fragmented wilderness of the Outer Marches, Kaelen was destined to be more than just a conqueror; he was to become a king of them. With Vanya, a calculating and brilliant queen-merchant of steel and greed, Kaelen forged an iron alliance and began building a kingdom of outcasts from the discarded, broken remnants of society. Aethelgard would become his new, divine High Kingdom, but when the forces that yearned to annihilate him rose to attack, Kaelen would face his destiny: was he truly a God of War? When all is said and done, Kaelen lost himself in his struggle for his throne and found out the seat of power was a chilling, lonely thing to sit in. ‎

O Bored Prowler of the white pages stained in dark ink. Do ye tire and lose interest in the scrolls of endless writers that tell the dry tales of Systems? Of modern men who traverse through time and space to arrive in fantastical worlds where they achieve naught but baseless journeys? Of tasteless worlds with no intrigue, failing to grasp thy mind? If that be the case, hearken unto me, O Prowler! Let me appeal to thy desire for adventure and darkness, bringing thee into the world of LEASTRIA, where ye shall follow the story of foul men born from distorted shadow! Where selfish Stars toy with fate from their Odd Demesnes! Where the Enlightened, the Sorcerers, the Cradlers and the Genuine Accursed roam and rend the Sheltered Lands with their obscene lust and greed! Where ye shall follow the story of the Cursed Child as he seeks ‘The Bringing’ and rises from meagrehood to significance under thy eyes. Hearken unto my voice and begin this tale, if ye fear not to prowl in Mythology. Do ye dare, O Prowler, to be lost in true Fantasy? ---------------- I will be posting this story on Royal Road under the name Shade Arjuun

Five years ago, Adrian Cole was the most feared commander alive — a living legend who led his country through a war no one knew existed. Then he vanished. Declared dead. Forgotten. He returned as a nobody. His father is dead. His mother is sick. His family's company has been stolen by the powerful Blackwood Corporation, and the people who destroyed them don't even remember his name. That's their first mistake. Behind the quiet, unassuming man is a network of loyal soldiers, world leaders, and shadow powers who still answer to one command. Adrian doesn't need to shout. He doesn't need to threaten. He makes one phone call — and empires fall. But he's not here for revenge. He's here for justice. And he'll tear down every billionaire, every corrupt official, and every hidden enemy who stands between him and his family's peace. The Blackwoods think they destroyed a family. They woke a god. One man. One war. No mercy.

When betrayal forced Elias Voss into a quiet life, keeping his identity as the legendary doctor away from the world, and settling down with Amara Blake, an ambitious physician, quietly pulling her hands up to the top of her career, solving medical problems in secret, and even protecting her from the consequences of her mistakes. But the moment Amara felt she was bigger than his dream, deciding she didn't want to settle for a man without dream, she filed a divorce wanting the marriage quit. "I can't continue with this marriage, Elias," Her tone was ice. "We're not compatible anymore." Elias was heartbroken, but she'd made her choice, so he's not going to stay where he's not wanted. Elias signed the divorce paper and walked away, quitting every help for her, and when everything began to fall apart around her, Amara knew something badly off. When Elias finally stepped out from the shadow, she knew the man she divorced wasn't ordinary.

Alex Chen mops TechNova’s office’s polished floors in the busy heart of New York City. He is just another nameless janitor to the busy workers who are hurrying by, someone to be laughed at or ignored. They are unaware that a man of extraordinary power and influence lies beneath this simple guise. Alex was raised to be a leader because he was the heir to the old Phoenix Clan. In any case, a severe fight for control constrained him in banishment, abandoning all that he knew, including Elena, the lady he cherished. In the mountains of Tibet, Alex studied under a reclusive healer for years, becoming an expert in both martial arts and medicine. In the shadows, he fabricated the Shadow Circle, a secret network so huge and compelling that even New York's most remarkable figures murmur its name in wonder. Alex has since returned to take back what is his. Elena is involved in a relationship with Nicholas Vega, the ruthless heir of the Scorpion Syndicate, as the rival Syndicate's hold on Chinatown has grown. Covering his real character, Alex carries on with an apparently typical life as a janitor while plotting his vengeance.