Under The Oak Tree Uncensored

When Victor Lazarus, the world's most powerful art broker, dies suddenly, the international art scene holds its breath. For decades, Lazarus built an empire not by owning the world's rarest masterpieces, but by exhibiting them—Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Hokusai, and more. These works, entrusted to him by the world's wealthiest collectors, turned his gallery into their stage: where masterpieces drew crowds, prestige, and profit, until the moment the owners chose to sell. Now, with Lazarus gone, the curtain is rising on the greatest auction of the century. Twelve priceless works, each carrying centuries of history, are set to leave his gallery forever. For the elite, it is a chance to claim cultural immortality. For the press, it is a spectacle without equal. For one crew of six, it is something else entirely. They see more than paintings under glass. They see a once-in-a-lifetime fortune, one last performance of Lazarus's legacy, only rewritten in their favor. With few months to prepare, outthink security systems, staff rotations, and every eye that will be watching. Few months to pull off a heist that would shatter records and rewrite history. But art has a way of ensnaring those who covet it. In the chase for fortune, the question is not only whether the heist can succeed, but whether Lazarus's legacy will be honored, betrayed, or reborn in the shadows. The Lazarus Job is a razor-sharp thriller of art, ambition, power, and the dangerous game played where beauty and power collide.

Hunter Miller, is a bright young man with a humble background. Having grown up with only his mother in the picture, Hunter strives to succeed in life and give his mother the comfort she deserves. This seems possible when he is suddenly approached by Ava Paige, the daughter of a prominent businessman in the country. Hunter falls for Ava easily, and is thrilled when she tells him that she wishes to marry him. What he doesn't know is that Ava just wants to use him to get her shares and property from her late grandfather. After their marriage, things take a turn for the worse. Hunter is looked down on by the members of the Paige family, and his wife doesn't seem to stand up for him. Eventually, Hunter finds out that Ava has played him and is cheating on him. When he confronts her, she produces divorce papers and tells him to leave her. Hunter pleads with her to stay with him, but she refuses. Dejected, Hunter signs the divorce papers and leaves the Paige mansion. He manages to get a job as the secretary to the CEO of Lee Corps, the biggest business chain in the country. The CEO, takes a liking to Hunter and takes him under his wing, but there's just something about Hunter, that the CEO cannot fully grasp. What could it be? How does Hunter get past his divorce with Ava and does he strike back at the Paige family?

Six Gods rule six towers, allowing the mortal races to earn power, prosperity, and prestige. One day a seventh god appears in the world in the form of a 12-year-old boy. " My name Is Dawn, you can also call me the god of death." The Boy introduced himself. " Become my follower and I will grant you the privilege of using my power. The Power that is the beginning and the end of everything, The power of Death." ------ This is the story of a man bestowed with the power of death and once renowned as the god of death by everyone. He sacrificed himself to save the kind humans of the world but that wasn't the end of him. He reincarnates and starts his journey once again in the same world which has drastically changed. He wields a power that allows him to become stronger by killing. A being with no limits, he will shake the world and will once again become the 7th God who has been forgotten by the World. Follow his journey filled with adventures, action, and wars. ----- The story takes place in a fantasy world known as Sabaspire, there are seven towers in seven different parts of the world. Six out of the seven towers are ruled by gods and the seventh tower is known as the demon tower. Outside the towers, the world is ruled by the BraveHeart Empire and BrenSol kingdom, They are under the protection of Fake Gods. Dawn and his followers will find out the truth about the change in the world and will fight against whatever they consider wrong. ----- Follow me on:- Instagram: @zayir_dm discord: https://discord.gg/6fRCrhVZ

They drowned him because a boy like him wasn't supposed to take up space. William Cedrick is twenty-five, still stuck in his fourth year of college, still wearing the same cracked glasses, still the punchline of every joke on campus. Orphaned, broke, and bullied since the day he set foot in university, he has learned to make himself small — smaller than his body, smaller than his grades, smaller than his own name. He has nothing. No parents. No money. No one, except a girl named Natasya who bandages his wounds and never asks him to be grateful for it. Then his tormentors throw him into the sea and hold him under until he stops fighting. William dies. And something else wakes up in his place. He returns with a new face, a new body, and a new mind — and a system only he can hear, one that turns every lie told against him into cold, hard cash. The uglier the lie, the richer he gets. The crueler the liar, the faster their world burns down. Nobody recognizes him. Nobody remembers the fat, awkward boy they killed. They only see a stranger — flawless, brilliant, untouchable — walking back into their lives like a debt collector who has finally come to collect. This is not a story about becoming someone new. This is a story about becoming exactly who he always should have been — and making every single one of them pay, one lie at a time.

In the canal city of Veythra, memory is currency and glass is its vault. Citizens pay skilled artisans to seal away their sharpest regrets, brightest joys, and most dangerous truths so that life can continue unburdened. Lira Voss is one of the finest of these glasswrights—quiet, precise, and privately unwilling to surrender any of her own past. When a veiled client commissions her to trap “what remains of the night I stopped dreaming,” Lira produces a sphere that refuses to stay inert. Something ancient and aware moves inside the glass, leaving living scars that heal themselves and a pulse that matches her own. Ordered to deliver the sphere to an unfinished tower and never look back, Lira disobeys. That single glance sets loose a cascade: sealed memories across the city begin to leak, the great Archive towers darken one by one, and the boundary between remembered and forgotten starts to dissolve. Lira discovers the sphere contains the final fragment of the First Forgetting—an entity older than the city that once allowed mortals to release pain and move forward. A secret order seeks to either free it completely (condemning everyone to remember every moment forever) or bind it so tightly that even necessary memory will be erased. As reality frays and her own locked drawer of private shards begins to sing in answer, Lira must decide whether to finish the work she started, destroy the fragment, or claim it. The choice will determine whether Veythra continues as a city of deliberate amnesia or collapses under the weight of everything it has tried to forget.

Within a world firmly under the dominion of the Blade family, a formidable lineage renowned for their mastery of the sword, a saga unfolds—'Rising of the Blind Swordsman'. In the corridors of power, where prowess, strength, and dominance dictate one's worth, emerges a protagonist unlike any other. Archon Blade, the youngest scion of this esteemed dynasty, finds himself shackled by an undeniable truth: he is bereft of the remarkable talents and robust physique that have come to define his kin. Born blind, Archon faces the crushing weight of his family's expectations, as his mere existence threatens to tarnish their illustrious reputation. Yet, despite the odds stacked against him, he refuses to succumb to despair. With unwavering determination, he embarks on a treacherous journey, driven by an unshakeable belief that hard work and relentless effort will pave the way to redemption. But destiny, it seems, is a ruthless mistress. As Archon is exiled from his ancestral home at the tender age of twenty-five, his world descends into an abyss of uncertainty. Fuelled by a potent mix of heartache and resentment, he vows to transform his weakness into unparalleled strength—enough to overshadow even the mightiest Blades. Thus begins an extraordinary odyssey—the rise of a blind swordsman, shunned by his own blood, yet driven by an unquenchable thirst for power and recognition. This is a riveting tale of resilience and audacity, where Archon's unwavering spirit clashes against the very fabric of his lineage and the immutable hand of fate. With each step he takes, he defies the limits imposed upon him, defying conventions and challenging destiny itself.

Gabriel Marchesi is a brilliant criminal defense attorney with a dark secret, he’s the trusted legal advisor to the Russo crime family. For years, Gabriel has expertly balanced his dual life, manipulating the legal system to protect the mob while maintaining the illusion of respectability. But his carefully constructed world begins to unravel when Anthony Marino, a Russo accountant, turns informant, armed with evidence that could expose the family’s secrets and Gabriel’s role in laundering their money. With federal prosecutor Elliot Kane closing in and Marino under government protection, the Russo family demands Gabriel silence the traitor by any means necessary. As the pressure mounts, Gabriel faces scrutiny from the Bar Association, which threatens to disbar him for misconduct. Allegra Russo, the ruthless heir to the family empire, makes it clear that failure is not an option, forcing Gabriel into a perilous game of manipulation, deceit, and survival. As Gabriel dives deeper into the darkness, his moral compass falters. Each decision pulls him further into a web of betrayal and violence, blurring the line between loyalty and self-preservation. Haunted by his choices and the growing threat of exposure, Gabriel must confront an impossible question: how far is he willing to go to protect himself and the family he serves? Set in the shadowy underworld of Chicago, This book is a gripping legal thriller about ambition, loyalty, and the cost of living a double life. As Gabriel’s worlds collide and the stakes reach a deadly peak, he’ll discover that some lines, once crossed, can never be undone.

It was his turn for the system to select him. The invader wishes to take it back. Kain was to slay someone on the battlefield. His commander, Veyr, gave the order to hold the line. He promised reinforcements. Then, he rode off, and Kain and the Wolf Company were slaughtered so he could save his own skin. Kain survived. He crawled out of the mud, with two of his friends wounded, and a burning need for revenge, after the blood, the broken bodies of his friends, and the dead bodies of his friends that had been buried under the earth. Then the sky spoke. [SYSTEM INITIALIZED] [NEW CONQUEROR DETECTED] It gives him strength, authority. Gold. Skills. Quests. An unhelpful or unfair power that is kept hidden. However, it doesn't grant him any victories. It gives him tasks. Build a base. Recruit survivors. Secure resources. Now it's up to Kain to convert the two desperate refugees into a warband. He has to teach his farmers how to farm, keep his secret from his friends/ally, and outwit an army of two hundred men coming to kill him. He has no walls, no weapons and no time. Commander Veyr has labelled him a traitor. He has a bounty of $100,000 on his head. The system, the thing that saved Kain's life, is that of a dead conqueror, one that ruled an empire, that never actually died. Kain doesn't want a crown! He will only protect those who trust him. But the system was not designed for the merciful. The conqueror is on the lookout.

Dominic Hale was sixteen when Vivienne Ashford destroyed his family. She stole his mother Eleanor’s final masterpiece—a painting called “The Unbroken”—burned the original, and claimed the work as her own, building an art empire on the lie. Eleanor died in the flames trying to save it. Only a torn fragment survived. Ten years later, Dominic returns to Ashford City—no longer the helpless boy who fled, but the legendary Shadow King, the covert operative who single-handedly turned the tide of the Karethwyn War. He carries his mother’s fragment in a battered leather case and a single vow: restore her legacy and burn Vivienne’s world to ash. When he crashes Vivienne’s exclusive art gala—held in the penthouse built atop his mother’s destroyed studio, Dominic doesn’t just seek revenge. He seeks to reclaim everything stolen: his mother’s name, his sister’s freedom, and the truth buried under a decade of lies. But his return collides with Celeste Monroe, the woman he once saved, now trapped in an arranged marriage to Vivienne’s cowardly son Tristan. As old loyalties resurface and enemies close in, Dominic must decide: will he become the monster Vivienne created, or will he prove his mother’s belief—that some things remain unbroken, no matter how the world tries to shatter them?

A bloodline the world branded as poison was never a curse. It was a warning—and the thing it warned about is waking up. Cast out at fourteen for the taint in his blood, Kael Voss returns to a hometown in flames, tears apart the monsters that no soldier could stop, and vanishes before the awe-struck crowd can name him. He came home for a family reunion. He finds an empty house, a cold hearth, and his mother and sister gone—fled from a man who walks under the iron seal of the Purity Council. One slaughtered pack, one whispered name, and the city remembers the Voss curse all over again. But the Council fears the wrong thing. The techniques Kael's hidden mentors drilled into him on nameless mountains are not the work of any school—they are the raw fundamentals that the world's so-called supreme powers spent lifetimes chasing. And his father, presumed dead sixteen years, left a journal that should not exist, recovered from inside a creature of the Abyss. Rivals scheme, Rifts split open along a deliberate line, and a hidden hand moves families like pieces on a board. Each life Kael saves raises his legend. Each truth he uncovers tightens the noose. Caught between a sealed town and the shadows of his own past, Kael must decide—stay the disposable tainted nobody the world wrote off, or become the force his mentors forged and his enemies dread, and risk waking the very thing the taint was warning the world to fear.