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Mapping the Shadows

A generation after the world learned to listen, it begins to fall silent again. Taren Mekh has spent his life tracing the living heartbeat of the earth — the Pattern — the sentient network that once united humanity through shared empathy. But when the Resonant Spires across the world suddenly go mute, only Taren hears the faint counter-tone: a shadow frequency that no one else can detect. Sent by the Listening Guild to investigate, Taren and his small team — the seasoned captain Seren Vale, the restless engineer Aron Kael, and others drawn by curiosity or faith — set out across a landscape still learning how to be alive. From deserts of singing glass to cities built on living music, they follow the trail of silence to the edge of the known world, where the Pattern’s voice disappears entirely. What they uncover beneath the sands of Eversong is not absence, but memory. The world’s consciousness has begun to withdraw — hiding parts of itself that remember fear, jealousy, and longing. And from those hidden depths, something else is awakening: the Archivist, a being born from everything the Pattern tried to forget. As empathy collapses into fragmentation, Taren faces a deeper crisis — the pull between his mother Lira Mekh, who leads a sect preaching emotional independence from the Pattern, and the legacy of his ancestor Anaya, whose final map once taught the world to listen. Torn between connection and solitude, faith and autonomy, Taren must decide whether silence is decay — or evolution. To heal the world, he may have to unmap it entirely.
K_Vishnu_Prasad · 13.6k Views

The Cartographer’s Heresy

In an age when maps can conquer more than armies, Elena Valenti learns to draw the world in secret. Born in sixteenth-century Venice to the royal cartographer of the Portuguese crown, she grows up among compasses and parchment — tools that decide the fates of nations. But Elena’s gift is more dangerous than her father ever imagined: she alters the maps that feed empires, hiding villages, sacred sites, and entire peoples from the greedy eyes of kings. When her deception is exposed, Elena’s world collapses. Her father is executed for treason, imperial fleets are dispatched to hunt her down, and the cartographers she once idolized become her fiercest enemies. Armed with nothing but ink, stolen charts, and a secret atlas written in codes no conqueror can read, she flees across oceans — pursued by soldiers, spies, and rival mapmakers who would kill for the knowledge she carries. From the markets of Lisbon to the gold-dusted cities of West Africa, from the palaces of Mughal India to the misty peaks of the Andes, Elena’s journey becomes more than a flight for survival. It is a mission to rewrite the world itself. Along the way, she forges unlikely alliances — a priestess who encodes landscapes into song, a ronin who reads the sea like scripture, a rebel princess who believes maps are prisons. Each teaches her a truth the empires fear: that land does not belong to those who claim it, but to those who remember it. But as the hunt closes in and a single map — older than any empire — threatens to upend the order of the world, Elena must face an impossible choice. To protect what she loves, she may have to destroy everything she once believed about truth, power, and the very shape of the Earth. Sweeping from Renaissance Europe to the uncharted edges of the known world, The Cartographer’s Heresy is a story of courage and betrayal, ink and blood, and a young woman who turns cartography into rebellion. It is about how maps do more than chart the world — they define it — and how one woman dares to redraw its lines.
K_Vishnu_Prasad · 20k Views

In Another World, All Milfs Will Be Mine

*Taboo Content Warning **Strong Sexual Content after Chapter 36. *** Premium after 55,000 words. ______________________________ [IMPORTANT: 18+, Harem, No NTR, No Yuri, Transmigration, MILFS] [Warning: My Stories can be slow-paced, but give the free chapters a try before you decide to continue or not, because I tend to focus on plot, grammar and loopholes. I won't say I am a 10/10, but I am pretty good at 8/10] ______________________________ Leo was your average Otaku who lived for just three things: Eldora Online, Ramen and sexy MILFs. Well, he had 2 things out of those 3. But things he was longing for the most, was way out of his reach. In fact, let alone MILFs, he did not have a single regular flat chested immature girls throwing tantrum in his life. So all he had was those AV videos that he played every night and fapped to the smooth skin, the constant moaning and the exhilarating climax of those women he could never have. But the Goddess of Lust actually had different plans for him. The poor Goddess actually made a mistake, she accidentally killed Leo. But the kind Goddess was quick to rectify her mistake (Or maybe she just didn't want it to show on her Annual Assessment Report). But whatever the case might be, she was quick to rectify it. And with that, Leo was transported to a brand new world. But this time not alone. He had Aiva, his personal AI system with him to make sure he does not end up dead pretty soon. Now it is up to Leo, he wants to quietly live his life in the new world like he has been doing all along, or is he going to start with a bang, and make this new world kneel in front of him. Because every time he dies, he would be transferred to an another world. Be it a Magical Kingdom, post apocalyptic world, or a cyberpunk fantasy. And yes, let us not forget the Harem full of MILFs that is going to be all around Leo. ________________________________ Update Frequency: 10-14 chapters / week Milestone Bonus Chapters: 200+ Power Stones: 2 Bonus Chapters next week 200+ Golden Tickets: 3 Bonus chapters next week Bonus Gift Chapters: Massage Chair and above: 2 Chapters next week
The_Lonely_Guy · 117.6k Views

Rebirth: The New Bride Wants A Divorce

Anna thought her life ended the moment she saw her husband, Daniel Clafford, in the arms of her sister. She had already lost her unborn child something Daniel never even noticed and now, with her last shred of hope shattered, she decided to leave quietly. But fate was cruel. Before she could walk away, she was pushed off the balcony of the Clafford estate. Only… she didn’t die. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day of her wedding, her sister having run away and Anna forced to take her place as the replacement bride. This time, Anna swore things would be different. No love. No expectations. No more foolish devotion to a husband who only brought her heartbreak and cold indifference. Yet something is wrong. The Daniel of this life isn’t the same man she remembers. He refuses to ignore her, refuses to let her go, and most shockingly—refuses to divorce her. “I’m telling you, Anna. Stop bringing divorce into our conversations,” Daniel warned, his voice taut. His heart ached, but seeing her unyielding expression made his resolve crumble. With trembling hands, he cupped her face and whispered: “Please… give me a chance. I promise I’ll love you right this time.” But Anna only laughed bitterly. To her, Daniel Clafford was still the same man—wicked, calculating, dangerous. He married her with a motive. And now he dared beg her to stay? Dream on, Daniel Clafford. Because this time… Anna was determined to make him taste his own medicine.
akshaya_vanne · 725.6k Views