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Valkyrie Black's world crumbled when she was cast onto the unforgiving streets as a child. Surviving alone and gifted by the ancient "Spark" AI system, a relic of a long-lost civilization, she sees the world differently than those around her. Armed with this ancient technology, Valkyrie wages a hidden battle against shadowy beasts while navigating the criminal underbelly of Durres city. With each adversary vanquished, she gains new insight, powers, and abilities. Set in a steampunk world rife with mafia intrigue, criminal guilds, and corrupt politicians, Valkyrie's journey is a tale of grit and innovation. Other books by Drew Archeron include Rejected Billionaire, The Huntress - Luna Eileen, and Civilian Dragon Lord *I own all rights and layers to my book cover.

What if your perfect life was a simulation designed to forge you into humanity's ultimate weapon? Ezren Hayes awakens to discover his elite boarding school is an elaborate virtual prison. His body, fused with alien biotechnology in an underground facility, grants him devastating abilities that evolve with each confrontation—from neural disruption to reality-warping chaos fields. But every power upgrade threatens to erase his humanity. He's one of thousands enhanced to fight the Devourers, an alien collective that has consumed 847 civilizations. Ezren's unique ability to disrupt their hive-mind makes him humanity's greatest weapon and most dangerous liability. Joined by medical prodigy Kira and tech genius Devon, he escapes into a global resistance network where his god-like abilities continue evolving. But when Ezren makes direct contact with the Devourer collective, everything changes. As Ezren's power reaches its peak, he faces an impossible choice: liberate billions of preserved minds who don't want freedom, or protect their chosen existence in collective consciousness? His decision will determine whether humanity joins the collective, faces extinction alone, or finds a third path no one imagined. A mind-bending journey where leveling up means confronting what it truly means to be human.

Karen, is known as a Star of Screen Pleasure, which means she is an artist for adult films and videos that are sold only to certain communities. Adult movie fans will know Karen because she is a phenomenal Screen Pleasure star. She was able to achieve sales of millions of copies within a year. Nonetheless, behind her role as an adult movie star, there is another life known only to the Screen Pleasure organization. Karen hadn't known, either, that she was recruited for the purpose of being a hitman. Eventually, Karen developed into the organization's main 'tool'. It all started with Karen going to the cinema with her friend. Karen waited for her friend in the park. While waiting, there were three men who asked Karen to talk. One of them gives Karen a drink and Karen becomes unconscious from the drink. Karen was taken to a deserted place. Karen was raped by three men and it was recorded. The recording was spread on the Internet, Karen couldn't live a quiet life since then. Karen attracted the attention of many viewers. She was only 19 years old. In the one year since then, the public's attention to her has increased a lot. In a state of desperation, Karen throws herself into the world of adult film. She signed up for Screen Pleasure. The upgrade earned Karen additional tasks. Karen is then trained for a special mission because Karen attracts the attention of the target organization Screen Pleasure. The videos are just baited for a bigger purpose. Karen had to hold on, if not, she would be a target. Karen wants to be free, but the condition for her freedom from this black organization is to kill 100 people.