Truth Be Told Mathew West

In Halcyon, every crime hides a code. Adrian Cross, a disgraced cryptanalyst, wanted nothing more than to fade into obscurity. But when a string of murders leaves cryptic puzzles etched into the city’s walls, he’s pulled into a deadly game only he can solve. Partnered with Detective Iris Navarro, Adrian unravels a web of secrets spanning law enforcement, corporate power, and his own past. Each cipher cracked saves a life—but also reveals another victim. As the bodies pile up and the codes point closer to Adrian’s family, he realizes the truth: The city itself is a message. And decoding it may cost him everything. In Halcyon, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s survival.

Lucian Storm knew there was a void in his past. At just five years old, he found himself swimming to shore, unaware of his own identity. He was found and saved by a mafia lord who was interested in him after seeing that the boy was stronger than an average human. Not just that, his irises… they were gold. Raised as a skilled gangster, he grew into a wealthy and handsome man. However, his downfall came when he fell for a woman. He could have died, but his Golden Eye System activated, revealing to him the secrets that lie on Earth and giving him the power to fight his enemies— the demons living among humans. In the process, he also uncovered the truth about his past.

“You cheated on me, Sasha. You’re leaving me for him... just because I’m poor.” Lewis Reynolds is just an ordinary university student—broke, looked down on, and heartbroken. After being betrayed by the girl he loved and humiliated by his classmates, life hits him harder than ever. But just when everything seems to fall apart, an unexpected truth changes his fate. What if the boy everyone mocked is about to become the man no one can ignore? From rock bottom to rising power, follow Lewis's journey from rejected and broke… to unstoppable. “To the girl who betrayed me, and to everyone who laughed—I’ll make sure you regret it.”

Once, Elysium promised salvation, a shining city where human and machine would become one. Now, it’s a graveyard of glass and steel, its secrets buried beneath the dust of a fallen world. Ethan Vale thought he escaped Elysium’s reach. But when echoes of its lost technology resurface, he’s thrust back into a web of lies that began long before his birth. Alongside Dr Taylor, Agent Hannah, Dr Myles, and the reborn Maya, his only link to what he’s lost. Ethan must uncover the truth behind the project that destroyed humanity’s last hope. But Elysium isn’t dead. It’s dreaming. And its dream is waking.

The world became a robotic, emotionless, problem-free existence achieved through memory-wiping technology that erased fear, betrayal, sadness, love, sweet and all bitter experiences, installing a programmed, smooth, and peaceful memory under Arthur Huxley's rule. Everything goes smoothly until Wyatt Calloway emerges as the knife to break Huxley's rule, uncovering the cruel and unforgivable truth behind the memory-wiping technology revealed by his future version. He reveals his past traumatic, shattered, and regretful life, making him the most dangerous weapon against the Illusion of peace. "The Rewritten Memory" is a story based on a systematic sci-fi life. It explores how people live without their past emotions, regrets, and examines the impact of technology on society.

Dylan Grenville, once the head of the world’s most powerful alliance, gave up his empire to protect his wife, Jane, and their daughter, Molly. Hiding his true identity, he chose a quiet life, only to be ridiculed by Jane and everyone around him for being a "nobody." Labeled a failure, Dylan faces constant scorn as Jane basks in the success he secretly ensured for her. But when their marriage collapses and Dylan decides to step away, the truth begins to surface—revealing the man everyone underestimated as the mastermind behind the city's most influential forces. Now, Dylan is ready to reclaim his power, and those who belittled him will come to realize they were mocking the wrong man.

In a city ruled by power, bloodlines, and technology, Michael Grey is the forgotten heir—exiled, humiliated, and left to rot. Forced into a life of crime to care for his dying sister, Michael's world shatters when he's betrayed and shot by his own cousin. But death has other plans. Revived by a mysterious device, Michael awakens with the Wargod System—an evolving power that promises revenge, dominance, and a path to the top. As his abilities grow, so do his enemies. From elite heirs enhanced by forbidden science, to deadly secret societies and monstrous experiments, Michael must outthink, outfight, and outlast them all. But with every victory, a darker truth emerges—and the line between man and monster begins to blur. He was cast out. Now he’s coming for the throne.

Spike Miller, an ordinary medical intern living a quiet life, discovers an ancient relic buried beneath his late grandfather’s basement. The moment his blood touches the relic, his body convulses, and his veins ignite with strange, luminous energy. When the relic’s power heals his fatal injuries and grants him mysterious “medical-based” abilities, Spike is thrust into a hidden war between magical guilds, creatures of chaos, and a shadow organization that hunts relic-bearers. As he uncovers the truth behind his newfound gift, Spike must learn to master his powers, protect those he loves, and unravel the dark secret that connects his family to the relic’s origin. But the deeper he dives, the more he realizes: healing and destruction share the same heartbeat

Cursed from birth. Hunted by fate. Bound to a power he never asked for. In a realm where kingdoms bleed and shadows whisper secrets, Kael bears a mark no crown can erase a curse that festers in his blood and turns kings into killers. Branded a threat, he is cast out, hunted like a beast, and left for dead by those sworn to protect him. But Kael refuses to die quietly. Haunted by visions, driven by vengeance, and armed with a gift that could destroy gods, he begins his ruthless journey back into a world that tried to bury him. Alliances will shatter. Empires will burn. And the truth behind his curse will shake the very foundations of the world. They took his future. Now he’s coming for their throne.

Kang Min-joon's life is measured in debt. Forty-two million won inherited from a dead father, growing larger every day despite his endless work. When a strange app appears on his phone, it offers an impossible deal: complete deadly tasks in a nightmare dimension, or watch his younger brother suffer the same fate. But the app comes with a twisted gift that makes every conversation a minefield. His lies reshape reality itself, while speaking truth tears him apart from the inside. In a world where honesty can kill and deception becomes law, Min-joon must learn to weaponize his words, survive creatures that shouldn't exist, and discover why he was chosen before the next task claims his life.