Twisted

Ten thousand lives—and counting. That’s the price of the secret Amelia holds. In the world after the zombie outbreak, the living have learned to fear more than just the walking dead. They aren’t the only killers. The Federation, a powerful regime that rose from the chaos of the zombie outbreak, hunts down anyone harboring this forbidden secret. They fear what they don’t understand—and destroy what they can’t control. When Amelia discovers she isn’t the only one hiding this terrifying secret ability, her world shatters. The man she loves carries the same curse, and now, he’s been sentenced to death. She vows to bring down the Federation, even if it means tearing apart the fragile remnants of society. The world after the outbreak is a battlefield, and in a war where survival isn’t guaranteed, Amelia will stop at nothing to crush the Federation before it crushes her and the others like her. But victory comes with a price, and the deeper Amelia dives into this twisted conspiracy, the more the lines between friend and foe blur. Will she bring about a new dawn—or plunge the world into even darker chaos?

Black Hollow is a town built on secrets, where the past lingers like smoke and whispers of the dead weave through the wind. When Evelyn Drake, a 32-year-old trauma psychologist, inherits her estranged grandmother's abandoned estate, she plans to sell it and never look back. But the house, once ravaged by an unexplained fire, holds a history as twisted as the town itself. Evelyn soon discovers that her grandmother, Vivienne Hale, was a Soul Keeper, a guardian of spirits trapped between life and death. Her return stirs something ancient and angry. The spirits of Black Hollow awaken, their vengeance unresolved. When burned corpses begin appearing, each victim bearing the same eerie mark, Evelyn realizes she’s entangled in a crime that refuses to stay buried. Teaming up with Detective Ethan Calloway, a hardened cop haunted by his own past, Evelyn must uncover a decades-old conspiracy, a forgotten fire, and the true purpose of the Soul Keeper’s legacy. But not every ghost seeks peace. Some crave revenge. And in the ashes of the past, a killer still walks among the living.

If you win a girl's trust, you earn money. But if that trust is broken... the penalty is harsh like being turned into a girl for 7 days. Li Chan, an orphan, had been with his girlfriend, Liya, for seven years. She was his only light in a dark world until she betrayed him for the young master of the powerful *Song Hao Group*. Heartbroken and shattered, Li Chan had lost all hope in life... That's when a mysterious voice echoed in his mind “Activating: The Supreme Girlfriend Making System.” The rules were simple, yet brutal: * Earn money by gaining a girl's trust. * At 100% trust, unlock unique and powerful special skills. * But beware if the trust drops even slightly... suffer strange and humiliating penalties. Now, armed with this bizarre system and a heart craving redemption Li Chan sets out on a new path. To build trust. To gain power. To master love and betrayal. His new goal? To rise above them all and become the Supreme Harem God. *Let the twisted game of hearts begin.*

The crimson moon, marked the descent of chaos. Min-joon, a gamer used to virtual worlds, found himself thrust into a horrifying reality. Monstrous beings, echoes of nightmares, swarmed through dimensional tears, devouring everything in their path. Humanity crumbled, and the world reduced to a wasteland. But in the despair, Min-joon awoke different. A mysterious system awoke within him, promising power beyond measure. Unlike others, shackled by a finite pool of experience, Min-joon possessed the ability to level infinitely. Each kill, each encounter, fueled his growth. He wasn't just a survivor - he was a paradox, a beacon of hope in the encroaching darkness. As he carved a path through the ravaged city, the truth clawed its way to the surface. The apocalypse wasn't a random disaster – it was a twisted game, orchestrated by a malevolent entity known as the Architect. Furious and a desperate yearning to bring things back to how they used to be, Min-joon decided he would get strong enough to kill a being that would have otherwise been considered a god. Why don't you follow him in his journey and find out how he goes about doing it?

"Rule Number One: When the darkness falls, close your eyes. Hold your breath. Violators will be terminated." Kael wakes up in a rusted subway car with no memory of how he got there, surrounded by strangers and a mechanical voice announcing the rules of a lethal survival game. In this twisted dimension known as the Death Game, humans are nothing more than livestock, currency, and entertainment. Break a rule? You burn. Fail a timer? You are slaughtered. But Kael isn't helpless. Bound to the mysterious [Death Game System], he awakens a single, seemingly weak ability: 3-Second Precognition. He can't summon meteors. He doesn't have infinite wealth. But in a world where a single misstep means instant death, knowing the future just three seconds in advance is the ultimate cheat code. While others panic and beg for mercy, Kael remains an emotionless, calculating machine. He will exploit every loophole, sacrifice anyone who gets in his way, and brutally execute the monsters that hunt him. The system wants him to play by the rules. Kael is going to use the rules to tear the system apart.

Broke, jobless, and just one bad day away from giving up, Jake Morrison thought life had hit rock bottom. That was until a tragic accident killed him—only for time to snap back like a rubber band, giving him a second chance... and a mysterious power: the ability to rewind time by sixty seconds. With each reset, Jake turns misfortune into opportunity—from saving a young girl from abuse, to surviving gang ambushes, to winning the lottery with calculated precision. But every miracle comes at a price. As he navigates shadowy threats, run-ins with ex-lovers, and the twisted politics of Stellar International Corporation, Jake realizes he’s being watched—and not everyone wants him to succeed. Thrown into a world where secrets are currency and power is everything, Jake finds himself pursued by gangsters, entangled in corporate warfare, and caught between two women: Grace, the selfless landlord who believes in him, and Christine, the seductive classmate with motives of her own. Money. Power. Revenge. Love. Jake’s got one minute to rewrite his future… But what happens when time runs out?

Elias Ward was raised to be a weapon. For nineteen years, his purpose has been to hunt the lycans that threaten his small community. He is a master of the hunt, shaped by duty. But his life is built on lies. On a moonless night, the creature he is sent to kill speaks his name. The truth shatters him. His brutal transformation reveals the blood he carries, the one he was taught to fear. The parents who raised him hid everything. Cast out by them and rejected by his birth pack, Elias becomes a wanderer haunted by the lycans he killed without knowing who he was. His only anchor is Sarah, the friend who now fears the monster in him. A greater danger rises as Valerius, a geneticist with twisted ambitions, hunts Elias as the key to creating the perfect soldier. To survive, Elias must accept the beast within and join forces with those he once hunted. His new path pulls him between man and monster, justice and revenge, as he confronts the past that shaped him. But can a boy who was raised to be a weapon ever learn to be a protector? And in a war for the soul of two worlds, which side will he ultimately choose?

Lucas was a son-in-law in a normal family, his real identity was a successor of a mysterious family. It was a family that had martial arts skills, the knowledge of medicine, and even the magical power of the gods. But the family disappeared and Lucas was the only heir left. Many years ago, Lucas saved an old man and as a means of showing appreciation, he asked his granddaughter, Elena to marry Lucas. The arrangement did not go well with Elena and her mother, but she had no choice but to accept because of her inheritance. Elena cheated on him and got pregnant with her millionaire boyfriend. Lucas was kicked out of the house and became homeless. Luck was on his side when he saved a lady that same night and in the process, his ring got activated, awakening his magical powers. Not only would he Revenge for the Betrayal but would also try to investigate the truth of why his family disappeared many years ago.

“Get a grip?” Xander laughed bitterly. “I had a grip—until she left me with nothing.” Once a mocked son-in-law, Alexander "Xander" Cage lost everything when his wife betrayed him. Love, home, family—snatched away in a single day. Now, he’s out for revenge. And nothing will stop him… not even the woman begging on her knees to be taken back. But as Xander climbs back to power, forgotten memories start to haunt him—visions of another life, another self. A shadow with his face. What if the biggest betrayal didn’t come from her… but from his own blood?

His colleagues called him a bastard at the workplace. A nobody. He was just someone who offended no one. Only trying to survive. However, he faced humiliations now and then. He was used to it so he didn't respond. But it hurt him.  But then— The worst of it all happened when his girlfriend, whom he had been working all his ass off for, cheated on him with another man right in their apartment. He tried to confront, but she slapped him, also calling him a nobody. A slumdog. That he had no say in whatever she chooses to do.   With her face twisted with disgust, she threw him out of the apartment with nothing. As if everything was against him that day, he also lost his job as a cleaner in one of the multi-million dollar restaurants in town. This was David Taylor's life. But when David thought all hope was gone—- “I finally found you after so many years of searching for you. Thank God! You're my lost son. The heir to all my multi-billion assets.” The tables turned. Question: “What do you think will happen now?"  Read the book to find out….