Tvtropes Last Man Standing

Three years ago, Dr. Adrian Cole was the golden boy of surgery until the powerful Monroe family framed him for malpractice, stripping him of his license and his wife, Lilian. Now, Adrian has returned as Chairman Cole, the cold, ruthless majority shareholder of a medical conglomerate, and his target is the Metropolitan Medical Group (MMG)—the very hospital that ruined him. Adrian’s meticulously planned destruction is swiftly turning into a global shadow war when he discovers the Monroes are merely a regional arm of a vast, illicit syndicate known as The Foundation. His revenge is no longer just personal; it's a desperate fight for survival against an international enemy. The one weakness in his airtight plan is Dr. Lily Monroe, Lilian’s brilliant younger sister, who secretly believes in Adrian’s innocence. As he installs her in a high-stakes position to gather intel, their volatile professional rivalry ignites an intense, forbidden attraction. When The Foundation issues its brutal ultimatum—forcing Adrian and Lily into a public, fake engagement to protect her reputation—the line between protector and adversary vanishes. Can Adrian dismantle a global conspiracy without losing the one woman who sees the man behind the monster, or will the price of his ultimate victory be the second life he fought so hard to reclaim?

In a world where power is measured by stars and fate is written by the strong Vex was never meant to survive Raised in a cult that sacrificed children in the name of demons, Vex become one of few successful experiments, his body capable of withstanding forbidden power But when the church destroy the cult, salvation turns into a hunt. To survive, Vex became a mercenary but that wasn't enough. To escape, he stole a new identity. Now as the son of noble family, Leto enter Rène academy, a place where future rulers of the world are forged. he steps in its halls for strength and power to final guarantee his freedom And his aim is to unroot the church from the earth and anything that threatens unveil his past.

They killed my family. Stole my empire. Forced me to marry their daughter as a "peace offering." For three years, I played the worthless son-in-law; beaten, humiliated, spat on by my wife's family. They called me a coward who abandoned the Chens during the massacre. They don't know the truth: I was drugged, framed, and left to rot. On the night my wife signed our divorce papers, her brother left me bleeding in an alley to die. That's when IT awakened; the Ancestral Blood System, a Chen family legacy that activates only when the heir loses everything. But this system doesn't give free power. It demands SACRIFICE. Want money? Trade your memories. Want strength? Endure torture that breaks your soul. Want revenge? Lose the ability to feel joy. Every victory costs a piece of my humanity. Every choice drags me closer to becoming a monster. The five families who butchered my bloodline think I'm still that pathetic son-in-law. They're about to learn what happens when a caged lion breaks free. My mother-in-law mocked me? I'll buy her company and make her beg. My wife's new fiancé tried to kill me? He's the mastermind behind my family's murder and he has a system too. The world thinks the Chen Empire is dead? Watch me build something even gods will fear. But here's the problem: The more I use this power, the more it corrupts my soul. At 100% corruption, the system consumes me and unleashes an ancient demon that will end the world.

Jeremiah Steel, known as the irritating blemish on the Prescott family tree, is backstabbed by everyone and framed for a murder he didn’t commit. He is arrested and thrown into prison to rot for the rest of his life. However, a fated encounter with a mysterious man changes his life forever and he is given the power, influence, wealth, and everything he needs to get his revenge on all those who had wronged him. Unfortunately, there was a consequence of gaining these powers and that is a curse. He has a limited time to find a way to get rid of this curse before it’s too late.

For three years Kai Mercer cleaned their cars, ate their leftovers, and answered to whatever name they felt like calling him that day. He let them. Not because he was weak. Not because he had no choice. Because the people who sent him into the Shen household told him to wait. To watch. To learn exactly how rotten their empire was from the inside before he burned it down. Then they dragged him out in front of three hundred guests, handed him divorce papers with his wife's signature already dry on the last page, and threw him into the street like he was never a man at all. That was the last mistake they will ever make. Kai Mercer is not who they think he is. He never was. And every person who smiled while they destroyed him is about to find out that the nobody they threw away was the only thing standing between them and the most powerful family in the country. He is not coming back for revenge. He is coming back to collect. And this time nobody is walking him to the door.

He said yes before he even knew the question. Desmond Hale had one night to save his daughter and nothing left to sell. A stranger’s voice offered him a quarter million dollars, no questions asked. He took the deal. By morning he’s in handcuffs for a murder he didn’t commit, betrayed by the woman he trusted most. Then the cuffs come off. No trial. No explanation. Just an old man who tells him his real father left behind a fortune worth billions, and Desmond is the last heir standing to claim it. But claiming a crown means claiming enemies, and the one woman he can’t stop thinking about is about to marry a stranger to save her family, unaware she already belongs to him. Six years ago. One courthouse. A marriage no one ever undid. He walked in wearing handcuffs. He’s walking out wearing a name powerful enough to burn it all down.

🏆["Silver Medal" in Sci-Fi Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"]🏆 With a scourge of magic-eating creatures ruled by an evil demon king sweeping the land, the Royal Defence Corps are the last thing standing between the Drasini Kingdom and destruction. Administrars grant Initiates powerful magical abilities and weapons to fight back against the hordes, but the war is slowly being lost. Alexei was granted what many would call The Weakest System, but levelling it up will prove that any abilities can be used to incredible effects!

In a grim world defined by the tyranny of five Blood Houses, Jon and his Outlander mercenaries, The Shattered Fang, survive by stealing, fighting, and relying on his impossible gift: Perfect Mimicry. But when their youngest sister, Mercy, is kidnapped and forced to be the prophetic weapon of the zealot House Orsaan, the Fang is thrust into an impossible quest to save their family. As the continent fractures into all-out war pitting kings against priests and assassins against warlords Jon's power unexpectedly draws the attention of every faction. His ability to mimic and master the sacred Blood Gifts of the Houses is not just a talent; it is an anomaly that threatens the very foundation of their control. Hunted by the immortal fanatic Valthorn and the desperate Hollow Legion, Jon must confront the true, terrifying origin of his power a heritage that the Houses committed genocide to bury before the war, the secret of his lineage, and his own desperate quest to save his sister tear their world apart.

To repay his wife, Freya Mitchell, for saving his life, Anthony Jones took the blame on behalf of the Mitchell family and served three years in prison. By a stroke of divine providence, Anthony crossed paths with a mysterious old man during his time behind bars... On the day of his release, his former wife handed him divorce papers—her only goal was to secure a partnership with Horizon Group. Little did she know, the man standing before her was none other than the owner of Horizon Group himself...

Richard Paige gave everything to the Blake family, only to be betrayed, humiliated, and left for dead. But death was only the beginning. Months later, a mysterious businessman named Morgan Vance appears, and everything begins to change. His enemies have no idea that the man they are fighting is the one they thought they had gotten rid of forever. Some secrets never stay buried. When the final secret is revealed, who will still be standing?