Thriller

Daniel only wanted an ordinary day. Classes, a bit of hanging out, then home before the rain grew heavier. But that humid afternoon became the beginning of the apocalypse. Humans began attacking humans, and the transformation happened right before his eyes. “Monsters don’t need a screen to be real.” Daniel said quietly. “And now they’re here. Everything Xavier talked about has come true.” This was not an ordinary outbreak. The colder the air, the faster they evolved. An air conditioner left running could become a death sentence. Rain was no longer a relief, but a trigger for slaughter. Trapped on the upper floors of the campus building, Daniel survives with Chania, Bianca, Xavier, and Kimberly. Five people with different fears, ways of thinking, and moral limits. Outside, the monsters grow faster. Inside, human decisions become even more dangerous. Chania said, “He almost bit us.” Daniel replied, “Not almost. He stopped being human a while ago.” This is not a story about heroes trying to save the world. This is a story about survival as the temperature continues to drop. And about one rule that cannot be negotiated. In Degrees of Death, the ones who die first are not the weak, but the hesitant.

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?

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.

Arveth Korr remembers his murder perfectly. He remembers the cold steel and the face of the man who took his life thirty years ago. But when he finds his current fingerprints in his own past-life police file, the mystery deepens into a terrifying reality. As he teams up with Detective Linaya Voss, they uncover a cycle of reincarnated criminals who kill to settle ancient debts. Arveth soon realizes he wasn't just a victim in the grand design—he might have been the one who drew the blueprints.

He can’t see the dark. But the dark can see him. When a cosmic eclipse rips humanity’s shadows away, they don't just vanish...they hunt. Across the vertical concrete jungle of New York City, billions of detached silhouettes are slaughtering their owners, stepping into their skin to become hollow, malevolent Mimics. For Zyrus Miranda, a blind martial arts master, the apocalypse is just another Tuesday. Immune to the psychological terror paralyzing the sighted world, Zyrus navigates the pitch-black ruins through pure vibration and lethal precision. Together with Dixy Alvarez, a fierce, quick-witted parkour instructor who becomes his eyes in the chaos, Zyrus builds an underground resistance, teaching survivors how to fight blind to survive. But Zyrus’s greatest battle isn't with the monsters outside...it’s with his own rogue shadow. In a breathless, pitch-black alley duel, Zyrus’s iron will achieves the impossible: he subdues his shadow, forcing it into a symbiotic, weapon-shifting duo. Now, with a lethal shadow-partner bound to his carbon-fiber staff and Dixy fighting at his side, Zyrus must launch a vertical assault up One World Trade Center to shatter the cosmic core. The light is fading. Can a blind man guide humanity out of eternal darkness?

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.

Kael Arven was never meant to be a hero. The weakest soldier in his unit, he barely survives a mission that leaves his entire squad dead. But something impossible happens: his wounds heal at an unnatural speed, and the monsters that slaughtered his comrades begin calling him by name. Wraiths are supposed to be mindless killers, creatures that hunt humans under the cover of darkness. Yet now they appear in daylight, gather outside military outposts, and kneel before a soldier who should have died long ago. When a secret military project reveals that Kael’s name has been recorded in classified files, he discovers that his survival may be connected to a horrifying experiment buried three hundred years in the past. Then, during a mission to a deserted village, a monstrous Wraith emerges from the forest and calls him 'the Heir' Something awakens inside Kael. Something powerful enough to make the Wraiths bow, yet dangerous enough to threaten his humanity. As an ancient force stirs beneath the world, Kael must uncover the truth before the military turns him into a weapon and the Wraiths claim him for their own. But what if the creatures hunting humanity were never looking for a victim? What if they were waiting for their king?

"They called him Dustblood. Cursed. Worthless. But in the crypt’s darkness, something ancient whispered back." 2. "In a world where magic means everything, Elior has nothing—until the dead offer him a gift that should never be taken." 3. "Betrayed, humiliated, forgotten—until the shadows call his name." 4. "Magic made him an outcast. The dead will make him a weapon." 5. "The academy laughed when he fell. They won’t laugh when he rises from the crypt." 6. "Every gift in the kingdom came with a price. But Elior was willing to pay in blood."

Los Angeles, the City of Angels... fallen. Beneath the glow of Hollywood lights and the eternal gridlock of the I-405, there is a world that moves in silence. Raymond Vance is not an ordinary rideshare driver. He is a Ghost Driver, available only through the RideShare app’s Dark Mode between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The rules are simple and absolute: Don’t ask. Don’t look back. Change of plan equals ten times the fare. That night should have been easy. Pick up a passenger in Downtown LA, drop them off in Santa Monica. Instead, the passenger who gets in is Leo, a ten-year-old boy with autism, clutching a military-grade encrypted tablet. Seconds later, an armored SUV owned by a Private Military Contractor slams into the side of Raymond’s car. Leo is not just a child. He is the Master Key sought by Mexican cartels and corrupt California senators. Dragged into a lethal conspiracy, Raymond is forced to push his Dodge Charger through the streets of California. There is no government support, no law. Only asphalt, gasoline, and bullets. Tonight, there is only one choice: a five-star rating, or die on the streets of LA.

A thousand years ago, the Strongest Demon Emperor, Xar'thos, nearly plunged the cultivation world into eternal darkness, only to be defeated and sealed by an alliance of holy sects in a heroic sacrifice. Now, after a millennium has passed, the Demon Emperor is reborn as a poor youth named Aron in a remote village—without power, without memories, and without any remnants of his past glory. The world has forgotten him, and the holy sects have enjoyed a fragile peace, establishing their dominance without threat. However, fate has other plans. As Xar'thos's memories begin to return, an ancient entity known as the "Demon Empire System" activates within him. This system is more than just a guide; it is the key to rebuilding his shattered empire, granting him unique abilities to revive forbidden cultivation techniques, recruit loyal followers, and most crucially, attract powerful women with demonic potential to become his Demon Consorts—the pillars of his new strength and authority. Starting from zero, Aron—who is now slowly reverting to Xar'thos—begins a perilous journey to reclaim what is rightfully his. Xar'thos's journey takes him from a helpless youth to a rising ruler of darkness, rebuilding his army from the shadows. He gathers followers, forms unexpected alliances, and establishes a hidden base of demonic power. However, his rise does not go unnoticed. The holy sects that once sealed him begin to sense the echoes of a long-lost demonic aura. They send agents to investigate, sparking initial clashes that reveal weaknesses and ancient secrets among his old enemies.