Under The Oak Tree 2

Three years ago, Duncan MacCoinnich and his brother-in-arms built an empire from nothing, earning the title of "teenage geniuses" throughout Arcadia. But as the saying goes, "the tallest tree catches the most wind." Their meteoric rise sparked bitter envy, leading to a betrayal that forced Duncan to leave his beloved wife behind and flee into exile. Three years later, he returns. No longer the fallen youth, Duncan has been forged in the fires of war and stained with the blood of countless battles. He is now the legendary God of War, a name that commands absolute awe and terror. Returning to Arcadia under a veil of secrecy, he begins his quest for vengeance and truth. But, as he peels back the layers, he realizes the conspiracy runs far deeper than he ever imagined...

Twenty strangers. Ten million dollars. A single survivor. For bankrupt author Kurt Hayes, the luxurious and isolated Grand Hotel Summit seemed like the answer to all his debts and the end of an impending ruin. The invitation was simple: stay confined in the mountains for a few days in exchange for a life-changing reward. But as soon as the heavy oak doors lock shut and the windows are barricaded from the outside, the rules change. Under the command of an enigmatic, faceless voice, a thirty-minute dinner window becomes the prelude to a psychological nightmare. Through a sequence of sadistic games rooted in trust, betrayal, and raw survival, the guests discover a terrifying truth: their selection was not random. As the body count rises brutally and the hotel corridors are stained with blood, a trail of clues reveals that everyone in the room shares the blame for a tragedy that occurred ten years ago. Amid fragile alliances, perverse manipulations, and secrets unraveled piece by piece, Hayes must confront not only the killer instincts of his competitors, but the ghosts of his own past. Because in this game, the Host’s justice isn't just looking for a winner. It is looking for blood. "For one to win, the others must lose. Let the judgment begin."

When twelve-year-old Dwaho stumbles through the back of an ancient oak linen press, he unwittingly unseals the long-dormant High Threshold—the central nexus linking the Eight Realm-Rings. Alongside Alex, a young heir bearing the glowing mark of the Chosen King, and Queen Natasha, a formidable ruler determined to reclaim her fallen throne, they step into a multiverse crumbling under the iron grip of a ruthless tyrant. The dark Sovereign seeks to shatter the Central Arch and plunge all eight worlds into a void of ash. To stop him, the trio must journey through perilous domains—from the chiming, crystalline forests of the Glass Realm to the treacherous depths of the Drowned Citadel. Mounted on Barnaby, a fierce crest-griffin, and joined by Princess Rose, a skilled archer from the maritime realm of Ollie, the group must locate the eight hidden pieces of the Master Key. Surrounded by six-legged hunting hounds, iron-clad beasts, and ancient magic, Dwaho and his companions must brave forgotten ruins and ancient betrayals. For only by restoring the Master Key can they seal the dark forces forever and restore light to the Eight Worlds.

Rule #1: The door opens at 3:04 AM. Exit before 3:50 AM, or you become part of 1984. Rule #2: You may carry only one item out per night. Everything inside has a price. Rule #3: If Room 404 appears on your own bedroom door... do not attempt to leave. ​Crushed by university tuition and facing imminent homelessness, engineering student Julian thinks he found an impossible deal: Studio 403 in the historic, decaying Sterling Manor for a fraction of market rent. ​The building has only one flaw—according to official city blueprints, Room 404 was demolished forty years ago following an unsolved massacre. ​Except Room 404 was never destroyed. It shifts. ​At 3:04 AM on his first night, Julian investigates a rhythmic tapping in the hallway and finds a heavy oak door where a blank brick wall stood hours prior. Inside lies a frozen pocket of 1984: an unfinished diary, a spinning record player, and the lingering traces of a student who vanished decades ago. ​When Julian retrieves an old brass key from the phantom room, he realizes objects taken from inside possess supernatural utility in the waking world. But Sterling Manor’s landlord and a shadowy occult syndicate have been searching for Room 404 for forty years—and Julian’s interference just put him on their hit list. ​Armed with an analytical mind, strict rules, and an evolving arsenal of paranormal relics, Julian must solve the 1984 murder mystery before the shifting room consumes Sterling Manor floor by floor.

Brian is humanity's greatest hope, or so the prophecies say. But Brian carries a secret that would freeze the blood of every hero in the world: he is the living embodiment of the Apocalypse, sent back to prune the tree of destiny by systematically executing those chosen to save the world.

Her long black hair had completely turned into silver. Her nails had grown into claws. Her brown eyes had turned into blood red and green smoke was coming out of her body. At that moment, she looked like an ancient demon! "What am I?" Tiffany tilted her hair and walked towards Miya. "Stay back! Don't come closer!" Miya screamed and fell to the ground. What the hell was this new girl in their school?! *** Hell was loosed on the day the forbidden tree in the mountain of Sabalem got set on fire by a totally ignorant man. The wicked ancient demon trapped in the tree rushed out, slightly injured, and went in search of an innocent soul to hide in, to recover. ~~ She was the child. The child that was trapped with a demon. The child the ancient demon entered. Only one person was her freedom. He could tame the demon, yet could make it get unleashed.

***Book 2 in the Adventures of the Crown series*** Nelson Whitefield, a man with a darker past than most, finds himself the new noble head of the Whitefield land. You might think being a noble he has it all, money, fame, subjects... but all he has is an old farmhouse and some pigs. He is a nobleman in name only. His mission, like it or not, find who his late father was in debt with and lure them out to get to the bottom of the current slave trade going on under the nose of the crown. To do so, he recruits some old friends from his life of crime and together they get into a sea of troubles.

Zaqqy was just an ordinary security guard. He wasn't rich. He had no power. He had no one. Until that night... he chose to fight back. He fought his own master to save a woman from humiliation. That decision got him fired, slandered, and then thrown into the forest to die. But fate wasn't done with him yet. Under an ancient banyan tree, as his life hung in the balance, something ancient and forbidden revived him. The Brajamusti technique, a deadly striking technique, only chooses souls with courage and wounds. From that moment on, his hands were no longer merely human hands. A single strike could shatter bones. One burst of anger could destroy a life. But power always comes at a price. Hunted by cruel humans and invisible creatures, Zaqqy must learn to control the energy that could burn him from within. Around him, women with different destinies began to be drawn to that thunderous aura, love, jealousy, and betrayal intertwined. When his master's past is revealed and the dark prophecy about Brajamusti resounds once more, Zaqqy is faced with a choice: to become a protector... or to transform into a storm that destroys everything. Because when fate chooses you, there is no turning back.

Charlie was transmigrated into the world of totems and magic after an accident at an archaeology site which led to him falling off a cliff. Charlie inherited all the memories, sorrows and... cough- pains of the ten year old kid who's body he was transmigrated to. with the aid of the mini golden tree in his mind, Charlie fought with monsters, alien gods, and traitors of the totem tribe to earn the title of "flame warrior"

In the cursed heart of Cellok, two assassins kneel before the Tree Goddess Evilside. Snake, cunning and cruel, and Dragon, fierce and relentless, are bound by oath and curse to serve the shadow. When Evilside commands them to slay the Crusader King of Tan, a mortal sworn to the god Tan of Tan, they are thrust into a war of faith and shadow. Torn between blood, family, and the whispers of gods, the Liroid assassins must decide if they will remain servants of darkness… or become the undoing of their own kind.