Truth Be Told Mathew West

Kai Gibson has always been ordinary—too ordinary for a city like Harborview, where power, influence, and fear rule every street corner. After losing his father under mysterious circumstances and struggling under crushing debt, Kai is pushed to the edge of survival. But everything changes the night he’s ambushed behind an abandoned mall and a strange surge of energy awakens inside him. With the rare ability known as Tactical Insight, Kai begins to see the world differently—patterns, threats, weaknesses, pathways to victory even when the odds are against him. Suddenly, the once-weak young man becomes a rising force in Harborview’s underworld. But Kai’s evolution comes with a price. Every step forward drags him deeper into a web of enemies: street gangs, corrupt elites, hidden organizations, and people he once trusted. Betrayals strike from unexpected places, and Kai learns that the attack that awakened his power wasn’t random at all—it was planned. Now trapped between shadowy forces that want to control him and others who want him dead, Kai must level up faster than his enemies expect. Each chapter pushes him through higher stakes: • deadly ambushes • shocking betrayals • growing supernatural abilities • strategic face-slapping comebacks • climbing from the lowest rung of society to a position of unstoppable strength As Kai climbs, he uncovers the truth behind his father’s death, the origins of his new power, and a hidden war brewing beneath the city’s neon lights. To survive, he must rise. To win, he must become more than human. And to uncover the truth, he must be willing to face the darkness inside—and the monsters hiding in plain sight. Harborview will remember the name Kai Gibson… whether it wants to or not.

Dr. Adrian Kane lives quietly, hiding behind the fluorescent lights of St. Dawn Hospital. Once a prodigy of a forbidden surgical art, he was exiled after being accused of killing a patient. When a series of mysterious “miracle deaths” sweep through the city’s elite, Adrian’s gift, The Pulse Sight, forces him into the shadows of medicine’s black market. As corporate titans, corrupt officials, and underground doctors wage silent war, Adrian becomes both hunter and healer. Each operation uncovers another secret about the experiment that ruined his life, and the truth behind the power inside him. But to expose the conspiracy, he must perform one final procedure: cut open his own past.

In the shadows of betrayal, Flynn Grayson loses everything—his wife, his job, his dignity—at the hands of the ruthless Hendrix family. But when a stranger reveals his true identity as Kace Cameron, heir to a vast empire, the discarded ex-military veteran rises from the ashes, armed with secrets from a shadowy military past. Five years later, Kace returns to Manhattan, a trillionaire tycoon with a vendetta. As he infiltrates the Hendrix empire, unearthing corruption tied to stolen weapons and a decade-old scandal at the military camp he served at, St. Maria, the lines between justice and vengeance blur. With enemies closing in and a trail of blood leading to the truth, Kace must decide: reclaim his honor… or destroy them all? Revenge isn’t just sweet—it’s lethal.

Ethan Carter was a poor scholarship student in Westbridge University trying to survive with menial jobs. He was bullied by some of the rich students. But the worst betrayal comes from the person he trusted most. ‎When Ethan discovers his girlfriend in the arms of the campus playboy. He was expelled after a humiliating fight with the play boy, but fate had other plans. Ethan is not who he thought he was. He is the long-lost heir to one of the most powerful billionaire empires in the country. The poor scholarship student everyone mocked is about to return with unimaginable power, determined to uncover the truth about his mother’s mysterious death and claim his rightful place in the Wilson empire. And the people who once laughed at him? They’re about to learn that the boy they humiliated… was a king in disguise.

Stollen and Lyra were never meant to survive. After their ship is destroyed in deep space, the two astronauts crash onto a mysterious world called Hearth — a planet that is not what it seems. The inhabitants are tiny, the land is wrong, the sky is artificial, and giants like them have arrived here before… only to vanish without a trace. As they struggle to rebuild a ship and escape, they uncover a civilization divided by fear, faith, and hidden power. Seven continents. Seven elders. Ancient lies. Vanishing giants. And a secret buried deep inside the very structure of the world. Trapped between hostile empires, false gods, and a planet that behaves like a machine, Stollen and Lyra must choose: escape Hearth — or uncover the truth behind it. Because this world is not a planet. It is a system. And someone is controlling it.

Betrayed by his noble fiancée, discarded by his family, and exiled to a slum clinic, Ray Graham discovers that his lifelong “illness” was actually a spell to imprison his true abilities, the powers of the mythical Celestial Healer, a being capable of rewriting fate and resurrecting the dead. As Ray heals the forgotten poor, his miracles draw attention from dangerous enemies… and awaken memories they tried to erase. He uncovers the truth: his ex-wife’s family sealed him as a child and stole his identity to hide a crime so ancient the kingdom nearly fell. When he learns that a catastrophic plague, engineered by his own clan centuries ago, is returning, Ray must decide: Will he save those who betrayed him… or watch the kingdom burn?

He died as the Emperor of the Underworld. He rose as the disgrace of his enemies. Don Vittorio Valdieri, a mafia legend feared for half a century, was betrayed and died at the height of his power. But death was not the end. His soul awakens in the body of Leo Ravelli, the grandson of his sworn enemy, a failure scorned by all and nearly destroyed by debt. In a modern mafia world that has evolved into a shadow corporation, Leo Ravelli slowly reveals fangs he was never meant to possess. Armed with the memories, strategies, and cruelty of a true Godfather, he rebuilds an empire from within the body of his own enemy. When old traitors resurface and a bloody war erupts once more, one truth becomes clear. A Godfather can die, but his power never truly leaves

Eidolon City was just another sprawling metropolis—until the shadows began to move. Azrael thought he was an ordinary man, haunted only by restless dreams. But when a demon tears open the night and nearly kills him, something ancient inside awakens. Black wings ignite with fire. Forgotten memories surge back. He is no man at all, but a fallen Seraph cast down from the Otherworld. Now, caught between the ruthless demons of the Underworld and the goddess who rules the Otherworld with silken chains, Azrael must uncover the truth of his exile—and why the war has spilled into Earth. Allies are scarce, enemies are everywhere, and the city itself trembles as battle lines are drawn. The embers of a forgotten war are sparking back to life. And Azrael stands at the center—Forsaken, burning, and unwilling to fall again.

Rex and his parents were the scorn of their society, branded as the cursed bloodline because of their inability to awaken any beast in a world where the class of your beast determines your status, your future, and whether you live with dignity or die in shame. But Rex wasn't ready to accept a life of servitude and disgrace. He was willing to risk everything at the Awakening Ceremony for even the smallest chance at a different future. Instead, in front of hundreds of nobles, he awakened something worse than trash; a pathetic earthworm that became the laughingstock of the entire academy. At least that's what everyone thought he had awakened. In truth, Rex had contracted an ancient Lung Dragon, a legendary beast capable of endless evolution by devouring the essence of other creatures.

The world shattered overnight, replaced by a zombie infested post apocalyptic hell. Raka Pratama, an ordinary man whose life had always been looked down upon, woke up amidst the chaos with a mysterious 'System'. This System transformed every zombie he killed into EXP and every decision into a new skill. However, Raka soon realized that he wasn't the only 'Player'. In this new world, humans could be more dangerous than zombies. As he faced constantly evolving mutants and power hungry human factions, Raka began to uncover the dark truth behind the System: that Earth was merely a playground for higher entities. Raka had to choose between saving humanity or becoming an absolute ruler atop the ruins of civilization.