Vengeance

Cursed from birth. Hunted by fate. Bound to a power he never asked for. In a realm where kingdoms bleed and shadows whisper secrets, Kael bears a mark no crown can erase a curse that festers in his blood and turns kings into killers. Branded a threat, he is cast out, hunted like a beast, and left for dead by those sworn to protect him. But Kael refuses to die quietly. Haunted by visions, driven by vengeance, and armed with a gift that could destroy gods, he begins his ruthless journey back into a world that tried to bury him. Alliances will shatter. Empires will burn. And the truth behind his curse will shake the very foundations of the world. They took his future. Now he’s coming for their throne.

“I buried you,” the traitor whispered. “Then dig deeper,” Kaelen replied, voice like sand on steel, “because I’m not done rising.” Zaria stood behind him, the wind pulling strands of her hair like fire-dancers in the dusk. “Let them come,” she said. “We burn hotter together.” The masked woman landed beside them, blades humming with heat. “You still don’t get it,” Kaelen muttered, watching the desert pulse like a living thing. “Get what?” “This isn’t a fight for gold.” “Then what is it?” Kaelen smirked, cracked lips bloodied. “It’s the reckoning.” Kaelen was left for dead in the scorching sands of Sutekh; stripped of his name, his wife, and the child he never met. But the desert doesn’t forget. It carves vengeance into bone. Now, Kaelen rises from the ruins of betrayal as something more than a man: marked by ancient fire, hunted by his half-brother, and haunted by what he can’t remember. As he claws his way back through a kingdom built on secrets, one thing drives him: Zaria. His wife. Missing, maybe dead; or worse, weaponized by those who want to claim a legacy soaked in blood. But Zaria is no victim. Imprisoned and pregnant, she holds the key to an empire long thought dead. And when her twin sister emerges from the shadows to seize that power for herself, love becomes war — and the price of legacy is life itself. In a world where loyalty is a lie and prophecy demands sacrifice, Kaelen must decide: will he reclaim what was stolen; or burn it all to the ground? OF FLAME, SAND, AND GOLD is an epic fantasy of fire-forged vengeance, unbroken love, and the rebirth of a forgotten kingdom.

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.

Jay Elric is a broke misfit with a brilliant mind and a secret he can’t explain—he can hear people’s thoughts. As a cybersecurity student at Silverton Tech, Jay stays under the radar, spending his nights as a mysterious hacker known only as Mindfire. He exposes corrupt companies, reroutes dark money to shelters, and leaks secrets the world isn’t ready to see. No one knows who he really is—until someone does. After hacking into a fake charity linked to a growing drug ring, Jay receives a chilling message from a mysterious underground group: The Neural Rebellion. They know who he is. They’ve been watching him. And they want him on their side. When Jay lands a suspicious job at Virexon Corp—a powerful tech-security firm with clean labs and dirty secrets—he discovers the company is deeply involved in experimental drugs, human testing, and neural manipulation. The same corporation is behind a silent war on the minds of the poor, the imprisoned, and the forgotten. Now caught between two worlds, Jay must infiltrate Virexon while working with The Neural Rebellion, a team of rogue hackers and gifted misfits, each with strange abilities like his own. But Virexon is watching him too, and they know more about his past—and his powers—than he ever imagined. As the lines blur between technology and control, justice and vengeance, Jay must choose: stay hidden, or burn the system from the inside out. Because the real war isn’t just for power—it’s for the human mind.

Jaxon Creed was born into power, raised by the code of the streets and the shadow of a kingpin father. But when betrayal shattered his family and a corrupt empire rose from the ashes, Jaxon disappeared into exile—only to return with vengeance burning in his veins. Now, Cape Heights is on the brink of war. With allies forged in blood—Vera, the strategist; Lyra, the blade; and Miko, the hacker—Jaxon wages a brutal campaign to dismantle the criminal dynasty that stole everything from him. But every step forward uncovers deeper layers of deception, and every victory comes at a devastating cost. When an enemy emerges from within his own ranks, Jaxon must confront the harshest truth of all: the greatest threat isn’t just power or corruption—it’s loyalty twisted by ambition. In a city ruled by fear, he’ll become more than just a leader. He’ll become a legend. King of the Underground is a gritty, male-led urban thriller packed with action, betrayal, and the relentless pursuit of justice from the shadows.

Jace Parker was a live-in son-in-law whom everyone despised. A pauper who dared to love a millionaire’s daughter. For years, he endured the Whitman family’s cruelty, his wife Stella’s icy disdain, and even the betrayal of his best friend, Ethan who had not only slept with stella, but fathered two children Jace believed were his own. Then, the truth shattered his world and he was reunited with his biological family thereby reclaiming his rightful duties as the secret heir to the Parkinson’s Group, a empire dwarfing the Withman’s wealth. Now, with his identity hidden and vengeance burning in his veins, Jace vows to make them all kneel…especially Stella, who had laughed as he signed the divorce papers. His only crime was falling helplessly in love with an heiress. And hers? Underestimating him.

They burned his name. Betrayed his trust. Left him for dead. But death…didn’t take him. Aiden Vermillion, once mocked as the weakest man in the kingdom, rises from the ashes of betrayal wielding a power ancient enough to terrify the gods. Branded a nobody. Forgotten by history. Hunted by darkness. He returns cloaked in a new name, a new face...And a vengeance that could crack the heavens. With a system bound to his bloodline, an empire to reclaim, and a prophecy written in demon blood, Aiden is no longer just fighting for justice. He’s coming to tear kingdoms apart. To expose traitors. To shatter thrones. Three wives. One sword. Infinite rage. The Lord of Destruction wants the world to burn. But Aiden? He plans to burn Vatou first.

Nathan Gray, the Titan Logistics team lead, discovers evidence of the conglomerate’s widespread corruption, and ultimately pays with his life for his knowledge. Betrayed and murdered by those he worked for, Nathan wakes up in the body of Excel Winchester, the privileged grandson of the chairman of Aetherion Dynamics, the world’s most powerful conglomerate. Driven by the prospect of bloody vengeance and backed by an Elevator that seemed to placate him with more stealing of glances at the next on this timeline of theirs, wealth, and power; Excel finds himself in cut-throat corporate rivalry and treachery as he seeks to find his killers. Yet as allegiances shift and secrets come to light, Excel must determine if revenge is worth sacrificing all he has created.

He was cast out. Forgotten. Left for dead. Jeffrey Goodman, the firstborn son of the powerful Goodman Empire, was supposed to inherit it all. But his father’s cold rejection, his stepmother’s cunning manipulation, and his half-brother’s ruthless betrayal forced him into exile. The world thought he vanished. But in the shadows… he was rising. Now, he's back—not just as the true heir, but as the ruthless king of the criminal underworld. Armed with secrets that can shatter dynasties and a vengeance sharpened by time, Jeffrey will reclaim his empire, avenge his father's mysterious death, and burn anyone who stands in his way. The Goodman family wanted a war. They just didn’t know it was already here.

Nathan lost all memories of his past—except for his name and a strange burn mark that seemed to erase his identity. Struggling to survive on the streets, his fate changed when a mysterious woman named Laura offered him a life-changing proposal: marry her, and she’d make him rich. But Nathan had no idea he was walking into a deadly trap. Betrayed and humiliated by his in-laws—and even by Laura herself—he discovered too late that he was the rightful heir to the powerful Sinclair Enterprise. Used, discarded, and ultimately killed by his own wife after she seized his family’s fortune, Nathan’s story should have ended there. But death awakened something else… A system known as Project Sky granted him unimaginable abilities—and the power to rise again. Now, armed with wealth, strength, and vengeance, Nathan vows to destroy everyone who played a part in his family's downfall.