Thriller

Eight years: one verdict, one man who bought it. Ezra Cole walked out of Creston Correctional with no rage, no rush, just a plan so precise it had a heartbeat. Victor Hale built an empire on stolen ground. Now the architect is back, and every debt comes due.

In the depths of the Silent Dungeon, the monsters don't kill you—they become you. Rhael Dorne enters the abyss with a veteran survivor, only to realize the shadows are learning their faces, their voices, and their secrets. When a perfect double is discovered among them, trust evaporates. But the nightmare truly begins when the copy points its finger at Rhael, claiming he is the monster.

Raymond Cassian vanished ten years ago, a shadow in a world of secrets. Now he’s back, and surrendering. But he has conditions. He will speak only to Ayla Trent, a rookie with no clout, no field experience… and no clue why he chose her. Cassian claims a powerful society is pulling the strings of world events, from economic collapses to assassinations, and he has the evidence to prove it. Each name he drops opens a new investigation: corrupt billionaires, hidden assassins, rogue agents. But with each step, Ayla is forced to blur the lines between law and conspiracy, truth and manipulation. As the bodies pile up and secrets unfold, Ayla must decide: is Cassian revealing the truth? Or building a new empire, one move at a time?

We are byproducts of the environments we were raised from. Childhood traumas shape how we interact with other people later in our lives if we fail to heal. This is a story about how childhood traumas like the father wound impact a woman's sense of self-worth, attachment style, and choice of partners.

When Detective Alex Mercer is called to a gruesome murder scene, he finds a single clue beside the body: an envelope marked ECLIPSE. At first, it looks like the return of a long-dead serial killer. But as more bodies appear, Alex uncovers a hidden network built on secrets, blackmail, and power—one that reaches deep into Ravenswood's police department. Then comes the impossible: a message from Daniel Cross, Alex's former partner who supposedly died five years ago. As the city spirals toward chaos and a mysterious operation known as Phase Two begins, Alex is forced to question everyone he trusts—including the people closest to him. But the deeper he digs, the more terrifying the truth becomes. Because Eclipse isn't just hunting victims. It's preparing to expose a secret powerful enough to bring an entire city to its knees. And someone Alex thought was dead has been waiting in the shadows all along.

She buried her husband three years ago. She's been visiting his grave every year since, telling herself the same lie: that grief fades, that closure is real, that Adrian is gone. Then a photo lands in her phone. A billionaire at a gala, laughing at something off camera. Adrian's face, on a stranger's body, wearing a stranger's name. Elena tells herself it's coincidence, until she's sitting across from Damian Voss in his own office and he says her name, a name that was never on her business card. Damian doesn't remember her. He doesn't remember much of anything before the coma that rebuilt him from nothing, a new identity, a new life, built on top of a silence nobody in his life has ever questioned out loud. But somebody built that silence on purpose. And somebody is still protecting it. The closer Elena gets to the truth, the more it costs her, and the more it costs the people around her. Because the man who buried her husband's identity didn't do it to save him. He did it because a dead man can't testify. Some graves don't hold what you buried in them. Some marriages don't end the way you think they did. And some men come back not because they escaped, but because someone finally let them go.

Cain Mercer was the CIA's deadliest black-ops asset. He could enter any room, eliminate any target, and vanish without a trace. They called him a ghost—not because he was invisible, but because he left no evidence behind. Then the Siberia mission changed everything. An explosion at a classified research facility should have killed him. Instead, it unlocked something inside Cain's mind. Now he sees them: the Strays—flickering, predatory remnants of the dead that drift through our world like interference on a dying radio. They're invisible to everyone else. And they're hunting. The Agency branded him insane, locked him away in a deep-cover psychiatric facility. But when impossible assassinations begin targeting high-value global assets—each victim found with the same static-burn scar Cain carries on his chest—they have no choice but to unearth their broken weapon. Cain is offered a deal: track the killer, stop the attacks, and earn his freedom. But the deeper he digs, the darker the truth becomes. The Strays aren't random. They're being directed by someone inside the Agency itself—a ghost from Cain's past who knows exactly what he's become. To survive, Cain must embrace the very thing that terrifies him most: he's not just a ghost operative. He's the only one who can fight ghosts. And the war has only just begun.

Every night, Kael dreams of a burning throne and a crushing, invisible crown. He dismisses it as a nightmare, until a cloaked figure appears in the dead of night, whispering two chilling words: "little king." Suddenly, his quiet life as an orphan blacksmith's apprentice shatters as his guardian reveals a hidden past, a royal lineage, and a deadly secret. Kael is the last heir to a fallen kingdom, hunted by a shadowy council determined to extinguish his bloodline forever. With assassins at his door and a mysterious, flaming sword in his hand, Kael must confront a destiny he never knew existed. But in a world where ancient magic and forgotten power stir, can a boy who only knows the forge truly reclaim a throne forged in fire?

Elliot Carter thought he had left Harrison Creek behind for good. The small Appalachian town, steeped in shadows and secrets, was a place of pain—the memory of his mother’s tragic death and Lily Rose’s haunting disappearance lingering for years. It had been 20 years since Lily vanished without a trace, and now, Elliot is drawn back to the place he swore to escape. The call comes: his father, Dr. Robert Carter, is dying. Elliot returns to Harrison Creek, but it’s not just his father who pulls him back. The mystery of Lily’s disappearance has never let him go. As a child, he accepted the town’s story—that Lily was simply forgotten—but now, as an adult, Elliot knows better. The town hides something far darker. Dr. Robert Carter, the town’s respected doctor, has been hiding something. Elliot begins to unravel cryptic clues suggesting his father’s involvement in Lily’s case is deeper—and more sinister—than anyone could have guessed. With the help of Vera Larkin, a childhood friend turned journalist, Elliot uncovers a web of lies and moral corruption. The more he digs, the more the townspeople close ranks, and the more violent the threats become. Elliot soon discovers the unthinkable: Lily’s disappearance wasn’t an accident—it was planned. And the man responsible for silencing her forever was none other than his own father. As the investigation spirals, Elliot must confront a chilling truth: his father’s dark past may cost him everything, including his own soul. Some truths are better left buried. But in Harrison Creek, the truth always finds a way to surface.

Death was never meant to be played with — until he made it a game. Draven Kaine, once the Empire’s most feared necromancer, was executed for treason after raising the dead army that destroyed his own homeland. But when the veil between worlds cracks open, he awakens in his own coffin — alive, cursed, and bound to the ghost of the man he murdered. To survive, Draven must hunt the escaped souls that now haunt the living. Each spirit carries a secret piece of a greater puzzle — a game orchestrated by an ancient god who calls himself The Reaper King. Every round of this deadly game demands a sacrifice: a memory, a life, or a soul. But when Draven discovers the Reaper King’s final target is the woman he once loved, he must decide… Will he play by death’s rules — or rewrite them?