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THE PRIZE

Maya Chen is a thirty-one-year-old retail worker. Her biggest adventure is surviving the early shift. Receives a too cheerful 7:43 a.m. phone call. Telling her she has “won” a weekend at the ultra-luxurious Sapphire Cove Resort. She is convinced it’s either cosmic luck or an elaborate scam. She invites her best friend, Jessica. On departure day a truck sends Jessica off the road. Maya boards the plane alone. She is half-convinced the whole offer is a scam. Paradise turns nightmarish. After a flawless dinner with fellow guest Alexandre Dubois. An heir to his late father’s tech conglomerate. Maya blacks out. She wakes fifteen hours later. She is drug-fogged, missing every memory after midnight. Three guests and the concierge who tried to warn her are dead. Resort management insists it was a “targeted burglary.” But staff impersonations, erased security logs, and vanishing evidence point to a calculated cover-up. Someone wants witnesses silenced. Maya and Alexandre remain as the only surviving witnesses. She hides in a witness-protection program. Nearly a year of isolation passes before Alexandre locates her. Official investigations have stalled. Private digging reveals that the resort was a laundering hub for Viktor. A ruthless Russian oligarch whose empire traffics children and buys silence. Alexandre has quietly assembled a top-tier, multi-disciplinary team. Combat professionals, medical specialist, data analysts, and logisticians. People who act first and debate later. They are determined to fight back. The group establishes “Sanctuary.” A covert network that spirits rescued children to safety. They collect proof strong enough to send Viktor before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. They become a family of choice. Once Sanctuary is secure, the team formalizes as “Titan Lantern”, an independent child-recovery and crisis-response organization. Known for speed and resolve that leaves official channels behind. Seeking a permanent headquarters, Alexandre acquires “Lesno House”, a sprawling but neglected manor in the French countryside. They uncover hidden tunnels beneath the estate. A horror story is revealed. It begun in 1947. An aristocratic heir abducted and murdered local children. He was protected by money and communal silence. Bones, trophies, and a meticulous diary confirm the crimes. Titan Lantern now works a dual campaign. Above ground they brace for new oligarch rise. Below ground they exhume decades-old evil. Confronting how darkness flourishes when decent people look away. Titan Lantern established as a force against predators still lurking in the shadows. After “Lesno House” becomes evidence in multiple murder case, they have to change location. They move to Fort Bastion. Back to US. Form a new organization. They investigate cold cases and missing person cases. Contracted by governments and institutions from home and abroad. Each mission is a thriller. Solving cases one by one. Full of thrill, action and dark plots to unravel. Each case is different. Each one full of suspense. For readers who value real action, dark murders and psycho anti-heroes. For those who like strong crime stories, surprising plots and suspense. Sometimes dark and horrifying. With sarcastic humor in it. Unexpected plot twists. Not foreseen cases development. Reality is not always as it seems to be.
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the battle logs of the formation master

I finally got this idiotic thing working. I have been trying to get the Thought Logger to work for the last two weeks.  Well, I guess that I should not waste my time anymore and just introduce myself. (I don't know how long I can keep this activated.) My name is Anthony Sevenstars, and I am a formation mage.  I know, I know. It is rare to see formation mages associated with the guard corps. We guards are supposed to be diplomats first and foremost, as quick with praise as with threats. We are supposed to be as cool as a cucumber.  It is hard to imagine me as any of those. I am the guy you meet with when you have a fort to blow up. (How I got my position as a guard is a long story in itself.) I guess I should speak about the mission. I will be honest, I have not been able to learn much about the mission. (Don't blame me. I have been busy keeping our ship flying.) All I know is that we are dealing with the Snowwind Empire. Let's just say that some things have happened in the last year, and they are on the verge of becoming our enemies. All I know is, I am supposed to maintain diplomacy with them (I should manage this.), prevent them from becoming our enemies (this is something that I am dreading.). In the process, I might get to blow up a few of our enemies. (I will do this very well indeed.) Damn it, why is th.. Connec...... Brea.. No.. note 1- my publishing schedule is going to be Monday-wednesday-friday note 2- if you like my work, you should check out my patreon. i don't have any tiers ready yet but any membership will boost my motivation to work on this. this is my patreon link - patreon.com/tengen1410 note 3- I am significantly ahead on royal road webpage. so if you like my work you can go there and check out what is going on.
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