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Adam the Onmyōji is a story series that chronicled the adventures of Adam Wong Takahashi, a spirit master or Onmyoji at the revered sect Tenmen So. Trained in the craft of exorcism and gifted with the powers to communicate, control, and vanquish spirits from the other supernatural realms, Adam has been enlisted by the police to help them to crack many mysterious cases. With his powers, Adam is roped in by the police in to solve a new mystery. The story starts with a mysterious, and horrifying, death at the home of a Singapore tycoon. The death shook the police who swiftly swung into full-scale investigation. However, the victim’s clobbered demise drove police veteran Assistant Superintendent Visnu to suspect there may be supernatural forces at work, to enlist the help of Adam Wong to join the investigation. Adam's initial investigation led him to an unnerving encounter with an unknown dark and ominous spirit, lurking in the perimeters of the Chua Mansion. He was twice attacked and defeated as he moved from the human realm to the supernatural world to exorcise the dark spirit. Faced with a deadly foe, he enlisted the support of his fellow Onmyōji, Kelly Nishimura. Together, they began a deep investigation into the history of the mansion in a bid to quell the rise of darkness. As they plowed on, Adam found that his investigation gradually led him to discover a dark secret that threatened to tear apart the tycoon’s family. With dogged determination and his powers, Adam eventually discovered the cause of the deadly murder and resolved a decades-old mystery bringing peace and reconciliation. Book One promises to be a page-turning journey for the reader, serving up a story filled with nail-biting action, intrigue, and love.

Alex Chen mops TechNova’s office’s polished floors in the busy heart of New York City. He is just another nameless janitor to the busy workers who are hurrying by, someone to be laughed at or ignored. They are unaware that a man of extraordinary power and influence lies beneath this simple guise. Alex was raised to be a leader because he was the heir to the old Phoenix Clan. In any case, a severe fight for control constrained him in banishment, abandoning all that he knew, including Elena, the lady he cherished. In the mountains of Tibet, Alex studied under a reclusive healer for years, becoming an expert in both martial arts and medicine. In the shadows, he fabricated the Shadow Circle, a secret network so huge and compelling that even New York's most remarkable figures murmur its name in wonder. Alex has since returned to take back what is his. Elena is involved in a relationship with Nicholas Vega, the ruthless heir of the Scorpion Syndicate, as the rival Syndicate's hold on Chinatown has grown. Covering his real character, Alex carries on with an apparently typical life as a janitor while plotting his vengeance.

BLURB: The new MMORPG game ‘Wisher's Death,’ with the adaptive technology of transporting the players into the game, has become the most played online game. Everybody, both old and young, wanted to play the game; thus, its popularity, as well as cost, went over the charts. These four teenagers, Eiden, Gabbie, Jason, and Derrick, poured their hearts and sweat to save enough money to play the game. But instead of getting transported into the game, they transmigrate to a whole new realm where mutated beasts and mythical creatures threaten the existence of humanity. With no hope of ever returning, Alas! They're awarded leveling-up systems. The Emperor has said “Whoever makes the Upper Ten rank and becomes a protector of Jingwu shall have their greatest wish granted from the goddess's wish orb,” Is this their ticket to returning home? What is the secret behind this wish orb? Can they endure and survive the plagues of this new world?

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.

Under the Ashes** is a thrilling urban drama about power, revenge, and self-discovery. Ethan Li, once a humiliated son-in-law living as a servant in his wife’s home, has been kicked out and betrayed by the woman he sacrificed everything for. Sophia Wang, now a powerful businesswoman, throws him aside for a wealthier lover, unaware that Ethan was the secret force behind her rise to success. But what she doesn’t know is just the beginning. Ethan, discarded and beaten, reclaims his hidden identity as the rightful heir to the Li Consortium, one of the most powerful conglomerates in the world. Fueled by years of shame and bitterness, he returns with a single mission—revenge. With the help of his loyal ally, Victor Chen, Ethan sets in motion a devastating plan to ruin all those who betrayed him. But as Ethan uncovers buried family secrets—including the truth behind his mother’s tragic death—he finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of corporate warfare, hidden agendas, and shifting loyalties. His ruthless father, Reginald Li, will stop at nothing to keep control of the Li empire, even if it means turning his own son into a pawn. As Ethan faces betrayals, moral dilemmas, and global conspiracies, he must decide how far he’s willing to go for vengeance. In a world where power comes at a cost, Ethan will rise from the ashes of his past, but can he escape the shadows of his family’s legacy? Under the Ashes is a fast-paced, suspenseful tale of revenge, family betrayal, and the struggle to reclaim one’s identity. What would you sacrifice to destroy the ones who broke you?

Damien, the great god and general, known across the world, for his super and extra ordinary abilities and wealth! He rose and conquered the extreme enemies within five years! Then, he built an invincible loyal army, becoming the sole commander and protector of the central city! In fact, he was worshipped and even respected by the Queen! Unexpectedly right in the middle of the fierce war, he got a strange call from an unknown caller who identified herself as his daughter and needed saving. Without thinking twice, he ran back to save his family at the city where he was a nobody, looked down and thrown into the water five years ago. Watch how Lily and Elena were protected by Damien, the secret great general and turned the tides and waves for them silently! Their guardian angel was back to slap the faces of those who ridiculed, derided, and treated them like scum! All will bow and scrub their mouths harshly with regret!

He had been framed, his soldiers had been killed and his family had been exiled, it wasn’t long before they came for his head too. His fiancé had sold his family secret just to get back at him and his best friend had shown his true colors while also revealing the real nature and goal of the tyrant king he had spent his entire youth serving. There was no escape, he was a sinner who was detested by the civilians he protected at the frontier, of course he had to die. There was no time to check the right and wrong. Those who should be executed shouldn’t be left standing. Death visited him and claimed his life, but it never took him away. Instead, he was thrown back to six years when all the chaos hadn’t happened and he wasn’t even a general talk less of a sinner. His fate could be rewritten. But nothing was ever easy, he woke up in the body of a good-for-nothing man who was six cities away from his former city, the city he found himself in was the third poorest city in the whole empire. How was he supposed to stop the tyrant king, his two-faced best friend and his disloyal fiancé who were determined to get control of the whole empire even at the risk of innocent people? And stop another chaos from ensuing in the empire. They stood at the top while he was at the bottom. Not to mention that the first challenge he had to surmount was a vicious family who blinded him as soon as he regained some comprehension in his new body. But nothing had ever stopped him before, he was a stubborn man who was resilient even in the face of death.

Ethan Wilder has nothing—no money, no power, and no one who cares about him. Used, humiliated, and left behind by his ex-girlfriend, he feels like life has already beaten him. Then, in one reckless night, everything changes. After saving an old woman from thugs, he receives a jade necklace—a gift that makes him the leader of The Jade Society, a secret society controlling trillions of dollars and the world’s most powerful forces. In an instant, he goes from being stepped on to standing at the top. But power comes with enemies. The Obsidian Order, a ruthless rival society, wants him destroyed. As Ethan fights to keep his new empire from falling, he is surrounded by brilliant and powerful women, drawn to his strength and ambition. Once, the world ignored him. Now, it fears him. Ethan must prove he is worthy of the power he holds—because if he fails, he won’t just lose everything . . . he’ll lose his life.

In a world that is defined by power, Lance stands out as the only enigma-nap, with no visible aim and a razor-sharp tongue. This lazy, sharp-tongued orphan, however, hides under the indifferent face a very sharp mind and single terrifying thought: 'Can I become a god?' He transforms that rather weird obsession into an obstinate path for becoming the controller of the very texture of society. Thus, in walking such cunning schemes, he really very well plans the things in a manner that all those who will be caught in the web don't know how they got entrapped. Ranging from the shadowy syndicates to ancient bloodlines vying for supremacy, everyone is just another piece on his board. Evelyn, heiress to a legacy now crumbling, has her own fights. Mysteriously, both parents vanished in relation to a top-secret research project. The thing preventing total destruction of the family's an ancient curse: utter ruin to any that lay a hand upon this bloodline-the protection has already started to fade. In a fateful meet with Lance, Evelyn would acquire an artifact capable of giving unimaginable superhuman powers. But one condition binds their uneasy alliance: equivalent exchange. Such were destined to forge alliances as well as betray and cut secret deals, and in such noise, Lance discovers the buried legacy of his own blod, a legacy that perhaps holds the key to his grand ambition towards godhood. Bloodlines are unveiled, as underground superhuman races come to light, and as secret organizations revealed their own conspiracy towards ascendencion. Lance sacrifices pawns in a larger game that only he can see in every moves. Even gods bleed. Will Lance maneuvers his enemies to rise to the throne of immortality or will his cold calculations be trumped by love, betrayal, and the unraveling secrets of his past?.

Agent B Twelve of a secret organization is confronted with a case, looking for clues that will lead him to solve the crisis. Failure to solve it could mean the end of the human race altogether. Losing in the attempt to save the earth, he has no choice but to put everything in the hands of a dog he found wandering around the area where he was last seen.