Underdog Rise

Ares Valen was an ordinary man—until a lightning storm tore reality apart and hurled him into another world. He wakes up inside the dying body of a forgotten prince on a collapsing frontier: a barren desert, starving civilians, half-orc raiders, berserk tribes, and warlords fighting over the last scraps of land. Death closes in from every direction. Then a familiar voice echoes in his mind: “Rome: Total War system initialized.” The world changes. With this strange power, Ares can summon Roman legions, build ancient cities, unlock divine blessings, and command armies that grow stronger after every victory. As the chosen War Priest of Jupiter, he gains divine skills, awakens legendary commanders, and turns a dying settlement into a rising force feared across the frontier. But enemies are everywhere— dark mages, barbarian clans, forgotten gods, and kingdoms long fallen into ruin. In the shadows, something ancient begins to stir again… the same force that once destroyed this land. Aretian has only one path left: Rise. Conquer. Survive. And forge a new Rome in a world that has never known its might. War. Strategy. Divine power. A legend begins at the edge of the desert.

Julian’s heart skipped a beat. His mind raced as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing. He knew Ethan and Eva were close—too close at times—but this was different. This felt... wrong. His eyes flickered over the rest of the conversation, each message confirming his worst fear. The exchanges were casual at first, playful even, but then they turned more intimate. There was talk of meeting up “in secret,” of how much they missed each other, of their “special time” together. Julian’s throat tightened, the words blurring as his pulse quickened. He scrolled back through the messages, his hands trembling as the truth slowly sunk in.

Alarick has always thought that he is a poor orphan. He married into a rich family, the Blythes. But because of his poverty, he is humiliated, maltreated and shamed on a daily basis by his wife and her family. He finally gets fed up and asks for a divorce after he caught his wife cheating on him on their marriage anniversary of all days. Angry with his decision to end the marriage instead of remaining as her slave, his wife disgraces him further by throwing him out of the house and tarnishing his image by making it seem like he was the one who cheated on her. Penniless and with his name dragged through the mud by everyone, he thinks all is lost till he was found by a stranger who claimed that he is the heir to a multi trillion empire. Now he will make sure that everyone who ever mocked him, came crawling back to him on their knees, begging for a mercy he had no plan to give. Alarick's new world is turned upside down by unexpected betrayals, threats and danger. The past creeps back into his life and obstacles are placed before him. Will they bring him down? Or will we witness the rise of a discarded son-in-law?

Kael Veyron is humanity’s weakest hunter, betrayed by friends and left for dead in a collapsing world. But a mysterious Shadow System awakens inside him, granting unparalleled powers fueled by darkness. As he climbs from weakness to godlike strength, Kael faces rival system users, deadly world bosses, and treacherous allies. He uncovers a hidden truth—the system is a tool of control by an unseen creator. With time itself bending around him and betrayal threatening everything, Kael must decide: obey the system or destroy it. Survival is not enough; only by mastering his powers can he become the true ruler of shadows.

Oliver Marlowe has known the gutters of London better than its penthouses. Stripped of his name, humiliated by the family he married into, and betrayed by the wife he devoted himself to, he stood at the edge of ruin. Then Reginald Ashworth, the grey eminence behind the vast Ashworth Group, extends a withered hand from a hospital bed and offers Oliver his birthright back -- along with a condition that could either crown him or bury him. Armed with a billionaire inheritance, a razor-sharp mind hardened by years of suffering, and a fury that burns clean and cold, Oliver returns to the world that cast him out. His estranged brother Sebastian is scheming in the shadows. His ex-wife Clarissa is sniffing around his new contracts. And somewhere between the boardrooms and the softly lit restaurant where he first smiled in years, a woman named Stella Laurent threatens to undo every wall he has spent a lifetime building. And Oliver did not come back to forgive. He came back to make them all feel exactly what he felt.

Damon and Lily had been married for three years, but they were far from happy. During those three years, Damon worked hard for the family. Despite his hard work, Damon cooked, cleaned, vacuumed, and did all sorts of possible chores, hoping that his wife, Lily, would one day look at him and love him. However, his hope was shattered when Lily admitted to her betrayal and demanded a divorce. As if that was not enough, Tyler, Lily’s lover, sent henchmen to beat him up. While he was being beaten, he heard a sweet, soothing female voice: "Get away from him before I call the police!" Before he lost consciousness, he saw her silhouette.

Draven Ashworth, the fifth son of a legendary general, expectations are high, but the testing crystal remains cold under his touch. "No elemental affinity detected," the examiner announces. Cast out as the "hollow prince," discovers his grandfather's dark secret—a pendant that absorbs the memories of the dead. Now every fallen hero's knowledge flows through him. Their sword skills. Their magic. Their final moments. The family disappointment isn't powerless after all. He's something far more dangerous. He is peerless.

Allen lost his job after being wrongly accused and his sister was being adopted by a loan shark who he had loaned money from and wasn't able to pay back. He is left to go beg the people who had abandoned him but got humiliated. His mother died too, taking away the hope he had. He felt lost and wanted the world to end. He was given a sunglass by an old woman which he hesitantly collected. Wearing the sunglasses, he discovered it was an advanced system that would bring riches to him. Now, he would get back to everyone who made his life miserable. But, there was a limit to the sunglass power of which he wasn't aware.

System, Game, Action, Fantasy, Urban Adventure. Liam Parker is just a broke teenage boy from a poor family, bullied at school and crushed at home. After losing his father, he and his mother are treated like dirt by their own relatives. When his greedy uncle and cold grandmother try to sell their only home, Liam finally snaps but he’s powerless. That night, everything changed. He receives a strange invite to a new online game called Nexus Trials, created by a mystery organization known only as The Nexus. All he has to do is wear a strange wristband—and suddenly, he’s no longer in his world. He’s on a never-ending bridge… with ten thousand other players. When the bridge starts breaking apart, panic breaks out. Only 2,578 make it to the other side. Then a voice speaks: “Welcome to the Nexus. This is not just a game. If you die here, you die in the real world.” From now on, Liam must fight to survive through 10 brutal levels filled with monsters, mind games, and player-vs-player battles. Each level is harder. The rewards are great—but so is the risk.

BLURB Rylan Vane was born a noble but died a nobody. Stripped of his bloodline and cast into the lowest caste of vampire society, he survives in the shadows of the undercity, feeding on vermin and hiding from enforcers who would finish what his family’s betrayers started. He is weak, nameless, and forgotten. But when a brush with death forces him into the forbidden Catacombs of Flesh, he discovers something impossible: a Seal of the First Blood, an ancient heirloom forged by the progenitor of all vampires. The Seal should have destroyed him, instead, it bonded to him, awakening a power no vampire has possessed in a millennia, and a terrifying ability to hear the Echoes of other Seals scattered across the Dominion. Now Rylan must navigate a world that wants him dead. Noble houses will hunt him for the power he carries. The Empress, who has ruled for a thousand years through her own Seal, will see him as a threat to her throne. And the Seals themselves whisper to him, offering power beyond imagination, at a price that may cost him his soul. From the gutters of Nyxara to the heart of the Crimson Throne, Rylan will rise. But the question is not whether he can become powerful enough to survive. The question is what he will become in the process.