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A reserved and enigmatic man staying at a quiet temporary hotel finds himself unintentionally involved in a strange incident after meeting a lost child outside a restaurant. Soon, rumors of a mysterious creature abducting people begin to surface, drawing him into a situation he never intended to be part of. But this not the only story interested him. He began to solve and resurface the hidden truth behind the mysterious incidents, while being hidden in the sideline. Author side: I tried to deliver a very different story. You will like it, you like to read melancholic novels. This novel is written in first person narrative style.

Why is it, that no matter how many world shattering heroes rise and fall, no matter how many times a realm is said to be depleted of resources, a hero rises again - burning all the resources they find as they go? Another inheritance is always found, another spirit herb, magical artefact... and no one asks why they never seem to run out... ...what keeps creating all these fortunate encounters? Why? And what happens if it stops? --- Warning, this book is a slow burner - rather than a fast paced DBZ style novel --- AUTHORS UPDATE: --- First 30 (one-sixth of) existing chapters have now been edited and reuploaded. Very little has been changed plot or event wise. It's been grammar, clarity, pacing/smoothness, period accuracy, and detail/sense layering. --- Apologies to my Readers My life has gone completely insane since 2019. I am prepared to start again, but I'm going to be slowly posting revised and clean chapters first, taking down old chapters as the new edits completely replace them. Unfortunately, Webnovel doesn't alert to updates to old content. I'm managing a couple of chapters a week worth of editing. By the way, if anyone thinks AI can do the work of writing for you, I say that it's an invaluable editing tool and soundingboard - but I find it still takes three to four hours of rewriting and discussing with the AI to update each chapter to a state I'm happy with. The payoff is that the AI keeping track of the novel events, characters, plots and threads as I go; trying to keep all that straight and losing focus is a big part of what blocked me last time, so hopefully, once I get to new content things will flow smoothly. --- This work was written and revised by the author with the assistance of a trained AI editor. All final choices, worldbuilding, and character voices were shaped by the author’s intent and hand.

Shadow Rain tells the story of me, a young protagonist navigating a world filled with secrets, shadows, and mysterious rains that seem to change everything. Beside me stands a man whose presence is both comforting and enigmatic—someone who guides, protects, and sometimes challenges me as I face dangers and uncover hidden truths. Along the way, I meet other characters, including Lena, a girl with her own story, strength, and surprises. Together, we face a city full of mysteries, conspiracies, and hidden powers, learning to trust each other while confronting challenges that test courage, loyalty, and determination. Through every storm, every secret revealed, and every shadow that falls, Shadow Rain is a journey of self-discovery, friendship, and resilience. It is about facing the unknown with hope, embracing the bonds that give strength, and learning that even in the darkest moments, light and courage can emerge.

Lieutenant Commander Cole was a thirty-four-year-old from a world where Star Trek was merely fiction, until a terminal gasp transported him into a younger, optimized body aboard the USS Enterprise-D. He has been gifted three intrinsic abilities: Energy Manipulation, Enhanced Physicality, and Technology Assimilation—powers that function not through a game-like system, but through the organic expansion of his consciousness. Using his meta-knowledge of the 24th century, Cole intervenes in the Armus incident on Vagra II, saving Tasha Yar from her canonical death and forging a deep, complicated bond with her. As he balances his duties as an engineer with the fragment of Armus still tethered to his chest, he must navigate the ethical complexities of his "Traveler-like" potential. From managing the emergence of the Moriarty AI to preparing for the Borg threat, Cole is no longer just a passenger in history; he is the ship's designated expert on artificial consciousness and the variable that will determine if the Federation survives the coming storms.

“Taoism, magic, ninjutsu, technology… they are all, at their core, different ways of wielding energy. Only by embracing everything can one truly become boundless.” Li Chuan ignited the miniature universe within his body, manifesting the Three-Headed, Six-Armed Dharma Avatar. Countless fire dragons born of blazing flames surged forth, and a light-speed Xixiang Fist blasted straight into Thanos. Li Chuan’s main world exists in a parallel timeline created through time travel by Iron Man and the others. A System grants him the ability to enter various minor worlds to learn ninjutsu, magic, and Taoist arts. Sub-Worlds: Naruto, Fantastic Beasts, Legend of Shushan, Saint Seiya… Single heroine only. The heroine is Wanda, and they are married from the very beginning. -------------------------------- 40 advanced chapters are now available on Patreon!

Every sentient being is born with a vessel, which they use to wield threads, as the very fabric of this world is made out of threads. Mysterious figures compete in the shadows, engulfing the world in chaos as they try to gain control of these threads. Among them, a boy stands apart not for his strength or talent but for his lack of both. Born with the weakest vessel, he is desperately trying to change his outcome in the vast world where fate has abandoned him.

Aster awakens to forbidden Ather, hunted by nations, forging power, identity, and rebellion through war.

At the twilight of the 19th century, the cowboys of the American West stood on the brink of extinction — their wild, untamed days slipping into legend. In the midst of this fading frontier, Logan Song awakens… within the body of Dave Callander — the man destined to die in the opening moments of Red Dead Redemption. But this time, the story won’t end the same. This time, he seizes his fate with both hands. “Dutch… I’ve got a plan.”

Sayda is a normal teenager, with no difference from others, loved nothing but playing video games and despised everything else. But everything changes when he is mysteriously sucked into the game world. Transported into a world ruled by a tyrannical kingdom seeking to dominate the entire world, Sayda found himself surrounded by strange beings, unfamiliar dangers and ancient prophecies. Slowly his perception of the world begins to change. But the further he goes, the more blurred the line between game and reality. Sayda, now trapped between survival and fate, has to discover the reality of the world he once believed was only a game and gather the will to confront the last decision to battle... or to lose himself for all time. TikTok name — A. Syari The Truth Update once a month:)

Kidnapped at the age of 3 ..Twig was made to live in the realm of Fae. Raised as a unique magick guard to the Fae Royals, things however change when she comes of age. Will Twig find out who or what she really is?

Six years ago Europe was hit by something and got completly destroyed with Dhruv being its only survivor and got stuck with a kid in his body

In a world where the chosen bear Divine Scars glowing outlines channeling infinite power leaked by Singular Beings humans forge abilities from that endless divine energy. One outline: Lightlinger. Two: Lightrozer. Their strength is bound to one or two domains, dictated by which Divine's energy flows through their scar. However, some only have an outline, with no scar. But the world is never fair. Those not chosen, driven by envy, turn to a darker path. They become Darkens killing and absorbing finite souls through cursed artifacts called Ghost Vaults. Unlike the limited Lights, Darkens craft unpredictable, often fatal abilities from stolen life essence. Souls are finite, and the hunt never ends. The vastness of existence holds boredom in some corners… and alongside it, curiosity guiding everything. Age of Layers dives into the hearts of broken souls where guilt never fades, promises warp lives, and fragile bonds are the only defiance against an indifferent cosmos. It asks one question: What are humans? discord : https://discord.gg/en2dc34UR

In the far-off realm of Paraiso, a land filled with mythical beings and dungeons ready to be explored, each tribe possesses a distinct ability to manipulate the Elements and other unique powers. Among them is a young man named Drakar, who wanders without a tribe or background and lacks any abilities, leading to his mockery by others. Under the guidance of a hunter named Celes, he learns the art of the Celestial Weapon dance. One day, the Acolyte of Darkness launches an attack on Drakar's home. As a Lakam prepares to strike Drakar, Celes intervenes and confronts the army, particularly the formidable Lakam, the first of the Omen of Disaster. Despite her fierce efforts, Celes is ultimately killed in the battle. Drakar attempts to rescue her, but Celes teleports him to a mysterious location, where he vows to seek out the Acolyte of Darkness and exact revenge on each of them.

Thousands of years ago, Heaven shattered. Not metaphorically. The celestial realm that governed reality was broken into Fragments—divine shards scattered across the world. Each fragment contains a piece of creation itself: time, flame, storms, memory, death. Whoever claims a fragment gains power that bends reality. But every fragment also changes its bearer. Kings wage wars to obtain them. Cults worship them. Empires collapse because of them. And somewhere in a forgotten village, a boy accidentally awakens a fragment no one believed still existed. A fragment that Heaven itself tried to destroy.

After the accident, Kaliyah Reyes had been in a coma for seven years. She was seventeen when a truck hit her. And no—she didn’t reincarnate, nor was she transported to another world—because those things aren’t real. When she woke up, the world had shifted. People were proud of their evil and heinous acts: philosophies that glorified self-reliance over morality, theft and murder committed blatantly, corruption and sexual immorality—including with the same sex and even animals. They worshiped all manner of gods and goddesses. Confronted with this reality the moment she regained consciousness, she immediately shut her door, refusing to participate in such vile acts. Yet, a calling tugged at her heart—a calling far greater than her own abilities. A calling from the One and Only Mighty God, YHWH. Can mere humans, fragile and weak, stand against God and His heavenly kingdom?

I was supposed to live quietly. Study hard, stay invisible, make my mother proud. No friends. No distractions. No boys. But then he happened — Adrian Madden. The university’s golden boy, the Prime Minister’s son, with eyes like winter storms and a smile that promised trouble. He saved me once — from humiliation, from the cruelty of others — and ruined me all the same. His charm was a weapon. His attention, a wildfire. And before I knew it, I was burning. We fell — recklessly, hopelessly, secretly. But love in his world was dangerous. When his family was framed, their mansion set ablaze, I lost him to the fire… or so I thought. Seven years later, I walk into Madden Corporation, desperate for a job — only to find him alive. Colder. Sharper. Untouchable. The boy I loved is now a man with power in his hands and vengeance in his veins. He doesn’t know about the twins. He doesn’t know I’ve kept his last name buried in my heart like a secret grave. And I don’t know if he’s here to love me again — or destroy what’s left of me.

Five years ago, Adnan buried his three-year-old son. The loss shattered his marriage, silenced his home, and taught him one brutal truth: loving a child means risking unbearable pain. At forty-five, Adnan refuses to remarry or build another family — convinced that survival means never losing again. But when his father’s health begins to fail, one final request is made: don’t grow old alone. Adnan agrees to marriage under one condition — no children. Preferably, a woman who can never have them. Saba is forty. Educated. Independent. Quietly resilient. After six years of marriage marked by infertility and three miscarriages, she was divorced and returned to her parents’ home carrying grief no one could see. When her aging father worries about her future, she agrees to marry again — not out of hope, but out of resolve. Their union is arranged, practical, and deeply uncomfortable. Both come from modern, well-educated Pakistani families. Both have careers — Adnan runs his family’s real estate business; Saba works as a social worker at a girls’ high school. Both know loss intimately. And yet, neither is prepared to face it reflected back at them. Adnan keeps his distance, offering respect without warmth. Saba tries to make the marriage work without begging for affection. What follows is not a love story born from passion — but one shaped by silence, grief, and the difficult choice to stay present instead of hiding in the past. Some marriages begin with promises. Theirs begins with restraint.

Derrick is your typical fictional fanboy who enjoys playing video games and reading comics of all kinds regardless of what ganre it may be, if he finds its interesting then he'll invest his time to understand it the character, story and general history of the works he's indulging in... Derrick was on his hospital bed in a private hospital, suffering from the early stages of covid 19 and when he was stable enough he would play his favorite games , prototype 1 and 2, this franchise was his favorite due to the main character and his viral abilities. He would fantasize about how he would have pushed the blacklight virus further than Mercer or heller ever could and little did he know his fantasy would become reality as he a fell into a deep sleep never to wake up in the same world and as the same person ever again... When he would open his eyes again he'll realize he's in the world of his dreams and has the chance to finally live out he's fantasy as the new blacklight virus... Fellow Derrick in his journey of power and evolution as the new apex predator.. Derrick "Mercer your days at the top of the food chain are numbered" Alex "Hm you're full of yourself there buddy, careful not to bite off more than you can chew"