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It only takes one moment to change everything.Peter never meant to get involved.Running small-time jobs for Viktor Quinn was supposed to be temporary—easy money, no questions asked. But when Peter overhears talk of something bigger, something political, he realizes too late that Viktor isn't just dealing drugs.He's building something.What starts as whispers online quickly turns into something real. Organized. Violent. And spreading faster than anyone can control. As his hometown becomes the center of a growing extremist movement, Peter is forced to confront the truth about the man he works for—and the role he's already played in helping him rise.Walking away isn't as simple as it sounds.Because the deeper Peter looks, the clearer it becomes: Viktor isn't just chasing power.He's preparing to use it.A tense, character-driven political thriller, this second installment in the Shroud Saga explores loyalty, complicity, and the cost of standing by when everything starts to burn.New to the saga? Founding Fathers is a strong place to begin for readers who enjoy dark political thrillers, moral tension, and stories about small-town radicalization. Each book stands on its own while building toward a larger interconnected narrative.

We are the unhinged.The world is wrong.History has been rewritten. Cities don't match their past. Nations have shifted. And somewhere along the way, something broke the natural order of life and death.Harper Whitaker should be dead.She's tried.Over and over again.But no matter what she does, she can't die—and in a world collapsing under the weight of a fast-spreading plague, that might be the cruelest fate of all.Then the truth finds her.Death made a mistake.And now Harper is the one expected to fix it.Tasked with hunting down seven individuals whose very existence is unraveling reality, Harper is forced into a mission she can't escape. Each name on her list is tied to the fracture in time. Each death brings the world closer to being restored.But there's a problem.Not all of them deserve to die.And some may be the only chance humanity has left.As society crumbles into violence and desperation, Harper must decide what matters more—saving a broken world, or refusing to become the thing that destroys it.Because this time, death isn't an ending.It's a correction.A brutal, character-driven blend of dark fantasy and post-apocalyptic thriller, this is the next chapter in The Book of Death—where fixing the world may cost what little humanity remainsNew to the saga? Underworld Earth is a great entry point for readers who prefer high-concept, post-apocalyptic fantasy with moral complexity and large-scale stakes. Every book stands alone while building toward a shared endgame.

Individuality is a tricky thing.Vee is a fifteen-year-old girl living on the streets of Aloessia, an eastern city on the continent of Sommerland.Cursed by facial markings that identify her as a member of a sub race, her life revolves around avoiding the merciless city guards and other undesirables co-existing in the slums. A pair of orphaned twins arrive in Aloessia amidst Vee's flight from the law. But befriending the fugitive does not come without personal consequences. Soon they realize Vee has some deeper connection to the Empire that hunts them across volatile lands. Driven beyond the city walls, the trio must contend not only with the Empire's forces, but with an ancient darkness that threatens every living person on the continent.Can Vee survive the dangerous journey and earn her freedom before Sommerland is destroyed? An original fantasy world meets epic adventure. Get your copy today!

In the distant future, the world is no longer habitable. Humanity is forced to live in a city of towering spires where the air is artificially produced, food is grown in greenhouses, and companies compete to blanket a dreary existence with projections of neon lights and mockeries of the Old World cities we once lived in. Cybernetic implants further mask the depreciating quality of life with digital interfaces and distractions to combat lives of crime and loss of purpose.As a series of disappearances throughout the city is linked to a prevalent line of implants called Eloise IV, forensic psychologist Kat Holinger is brought on board to find the connection. Using a mysterious device called Eidetica to burrow into the archived memories of each implant's abducted user, Kat and its creator Quentin Rhodes are launched into the peculiarities of the human mind. They are forced to confront revelations that shake them to their core, making them realize that playing God not only has devastating personal consequences but could also determine the fate of a city just struggling to survive each nightfall.From the author of The Book of Death series comes a science-fiction epic set in the age of Earth's great reckoning. It combines a post-apocalyptic world with surreal landscapes of human consciousness. Get your copy today!

"e;I am the unhinged… and the world is my asylum."e;Thirteen-year-old Harper Whitaker is already unraveling.Her mother is dead.Her father is slipping away.And the only person she's supposed to trust—her therapist—barely seems human.Then Harper finds a girl locked in her neighbor's basement.The rescue should have been the end of the nightmare.Instead, it's only the beginning.As a criminal case closes in around her family, Harper is pulled deeper into a world of buried trauma, fractured minds, and secrets no one is ready to face. The girl she saved won't speak. Her father is hiding something. And the truth behind what happened next door refuses to stay buried.If Harper can't make sense of it all, what's left of her family may not survive.A dark, emotionally charged coming-of-age novel with a haunting edge of the unreal, Mercy Road is the gripping first installment in a genre-bending sagaNew to the saga? Mercy Road is the ideal starting point for readers who enjoy grounded, character-driven stories with a slow-burn descent into the supernatural. Each book stands on its own while building toward a much larger story.

The natural order is gone.Atlas has fallen.What remains of Creation is collapsing in its wake.Fragments of the celestial realm crash into the worlds below. Earth has descended into chaos—a brutal, lawless wasteland where survival is never guaranteed. Across the afterlife, something darker is spreading. The Shroud itself is tearing open, and the Light that once held everything together is fading.And at the center of it all—Death is changing.Harper Whitaker has fought her way through broken worlds, impossible choices, and the truth behind everything she thought she understood. But nothing has prepared her for this.Because the one being she trusted… the one she tried to save…Is becoming something far worse.As dragons rise, shapeshifters turn, and the last defenders of Creation make their final stand, Harper is forced into an impossible position:Stop Death, or lose everything that's left.Because if he crosses the line, there won't be a world left to fix.Only one to end.A devastating, genre-defying finale to The Book of Death, where every thread converges—and nothing survives unchangedNew to the saga? Apocalypse is best for readers who enjoy dark epic fantasy, apocalyptic stakes, and emotionally driven final battles. It is the culmination of the larger interconnected saga.

The circle must close.Kat Holinger is a woman out of time..After uncovering the truth that the idiosyncratic domed city she's spent her entire adult existence is a sophisticated computer simulation designed to perpetuate a cycle of despair long into the apocalypse, Kat is thrust into a version of Spire City that doesn't remember her any better than she recognizes its scrambled narratives..As Eidetica's ensuing malfunctions reveal the outside world's survival after decades of propaganda insisting otherwise, Kat learns that revolting against the status quo not only endangered any recognition of her existence by friends, family, and colleagues but also destabilized the technological infrastructure that governs their ultimate fates..Trapped in a rapidly deteriorating virtual world, Kat's mission to save her loved ones becomes increasingly perilous. Her struggle is further complicated by her conflict with the AI overlords, the relentless Trojan virus, and the shocking truths about her involvement in the Eidetica program..Can Kat save her world from within a computer's self-destructive sequence? And if she can't, what on Earth will be waiting for her outside of it?

Someone must always be Death.They wake up in a city that shouldn't exist.Six strangers. No past. No bodies. No way out.The streets are silent. The sky is wrong. And something ancient moves through the empty spaces, waiting.When the phones begin to ring, they answer.Each call leads them deeper into a fractured world—one that twists memory, reshapes reality, and feeds on the things they're too afraid to face.Harper Whitaker didn't expect to be here.But this place knows her.It knows her mother.It knows how she died.And it knows why Harper was always meant to follow.As alliances fracture and the truth begins to take shape, the group is forced to confront what this realm really is—and who controls it.Because Death is not an ending.It's a system.And someone has been rewriting the rules.A haunting blend of cosmic horror and dark fantasy, this is where the story converges—and nothing survives unchanged.

"e;Do you believe in reincarnation?"e;It starts with a girl trying to survive the worst moment of her life.It expands into a town on the brink of collapse.A man haunted by something that won't let him go.And a world where the line between life and death is thinner than anyone realizes.At first, these stories seem separate.They're not.Behind them all, something is moving—shaping events, bending lives, and pulling the threads of reality toward a single, inevitable confrontation.Because death isn't just an ending.It's being controlled.Spanning psychological drama, crime thriller, and supernatural suspense, this four-book collection brings together Mercy Road, Founding Fathers, Dead's Haven, and Olivia & Hale—along with exclusive short fiction—into the opening movement of a genre-bending saga where everything is connected.Your journey into the afterlife begins here.

Heaven's coming downRamona Knox trusted Death once.It cost her everything.Now she's been brought back for a reason.When Ramona awakens, the world she knew is already falling apart—but she isn't there for long. Pulled into the celestial realm of Atlas, she finds herself in a place that was never meant to fracture… and is now on the verge of collapse.Something is wrong in Heaven.A coup is forming inside the Grand Council. Alliances are shifting. And beneath it all, something ancient is beginning to stir—something powerful enough to tear through the foundations of Creation itself.Ramona is given a single task: stop it.But nothing in Atlas is as it seems.Old enemies walk freely. Angels choose sides. And the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that the system she's trying to protect may not deserve to survive.Because this isn't just a battle for control of Heaven.It's a reckoning.And if Ramona gets it wrong, there won't be anything left to save.An explosive installment in The Book of Death, this is where the war for all of Creation finally beginsNew to the saga? Atlas is a strong starting point for readers who enjoy epic fantasy, celestial politics, and darker supernatural worlds. While it builds on earlier events, its central conflict stands powerfully on its own.

The path into darkness is lined with a thousand blinding lights.Tim Hawkins is losing his grip on reality.His wife is dead—but she won't leave him alone.Desperate to escape the memories—and the voice that follows him—Tim travels to Haven, an isolated town cut off from the modern world. No technology. No outside interference. Just a tightly controlled community ruled by a ruthless militia.At first, Haven feels like refuge.Then the cracks start to show.Disappearances. Brutality. Whispers of something lurking beneath the town's carefully enforced order. As tensions rise and a resistance begins to form, Tim finds himself caught between survival and rebellion—with no clear sense of who he can trust.Least of all the voice in his head.Because whatever is speaking to him… isn't just a memory.And when the truth finally surfaces, Haven won't just fall.It will be consumed.A dark, supernatural thriller, this third installment in the Olivia & Hale series marks the moment everything changes.New to the saga? Dead's Haven is a great entry point for readers who enjoy psychological horror, supernatural suspense, and dark small-town mysteries. Every book stands on its own while feeding into a wider story.

"e;I am not a monster."e;Ramona Knox has been seeing him since she was a child.A man in a suit. Calm. Patient. Watching.He told her he was Death.Now a rookie FBI agent, Ramona is assigned to her first major case: a missing child, taken by a trafficking network with no clear pattern and no obvious way in. Every lead is a dead end. Every hour matters.Except Ramona isn't working alone.Because Death still visits her.He doesn't just see the dead. He sees how they got there. And as Ramona follows the trail of a ruthless figure known as Jordan West, the line between investigation and something far more dangerous begins to blur.The deeper they go, the clearer it becomes:Death isn't all-knowing.He isn't always right.And he's made mistakes before.Mistakes that may have already cost lives.Now Ramona must decide how much she's willing to trust the one entity who's been guiding her all her life—because if he's wrong again, it won't just cost her the case.It could cost her everything.A gripping blend of crime thriller and dark fantasy, this is the first installment in The Book of Death—where justice isn't just about catching killers… it's about understanding what comes afterNew to the saga? Leviathan is the perfect place to start for readers who enjoy fast-paced supernatural thrillers with dark twists and high stakes. Each installment can be read on its own while contributing to a larger, interconnected story.

Two worlds are colliding—and Emma Thurston is at the center of it.Ever since stepping through a mysterious portal into the war-torn realm of Sommerland, Emma hasn't been the same. Strange elemental powers now course through her veins, and a growing darkness follows wherever she goes.When a rising threat forces her back into Sommerland, Emma finds a world on the brink of collapse—torn apart by civil war and hunted by a vengeful god whose forces are beginning to spill into Earth.Separated from her brother Ben, Emma is pulled deeper into a deadly path she may not be able to escape.Because the more she fights, the stronger the darkness inside her becomes.And as long-buried truths about her origins begin to surface, Emma realizes her connection to Sommerland is far greater—and far more dangerous—than she ever imagined.If she can't control what she's becoming, both worlds may fall.The war is spreading. The prophecy is unfolding. And Emma may be the key to saving everything… or destroying it.Book Two of The Sommerland Chronicles—perfect for fans of dark portal fantasy, magic, and high-stakes adventure.

Eight stories.Three entry points.One reality that was never meant to hold.It begins with a grieving girl trying to survive the aftermath of tragedy.It expands into a world of crime, corruption, and rising extremism.Then everything breaks.The dead begin to speak.The afterlife reveals its rules.And the system governing life and death starts to fail.From fractured timelines and plague-ravaged worlds to celestial wars and collapsing realms, each story uncovers a new piece of a much larger truth—Death is not absolute.Reality is not stable.And someone has been rewriting both.As strangers become allies and enemies become something far worse, every thread converges toward a final, inevitable collision… where the fate of every world rests in the hands of those who were never meant to control it.A dark, genre-bending saga that blends psychological drama, crime thriller, urban fantasy, and cosmic horror, this is a story about loss, power, and the cost of trying to fix what was never meant to be broken.

Death is not a force. It's a role. And someone is losing control of it.Ramona Knox has seen him since she was a child—a man in a suit who claims to be Death. Now an FBI agent, she's about to learn just how real he is… and how dangerous his mistakes can be.Because something is breaking.A plague tears through a fractured timeline.An immortal is forced to correct the past—by killing those who shouldn't exist.Heaven itself begins to fracture under the weight of its own secrets.And as worlds collide, an ancient enemy rises to finish what was started long ago.Across shattered realities, collapsing afterlives, and the ruins of Earth itself, unlikely allies must come together to stop the end of everything—even if it means turning on one of their own.Collecting Leviathan, Underworld Earth, Atlas, and Apocalypse, this four-book set delivers a relentless blend of urban fantasy, dark fantasy, and cosmic horror in the explosive conclusion to the genre-defying saga begun in Olivia & Hale.Everything has been leading to thisNew to the series? You can start with Book 1, Book 5, or Book 6—each offers a different entry into the same story.

A massacre. A murder. A stolen machine that could destroy a city.Mercenary Deckard Kimble comes home to Technikron with blood on his hands and ghosts at his back. When his former mentor is murdered and a deadly prototype disappears, Deckard is forced into an uneasy alliance with the two people he left behind long ago: Eris O'Connell and Gretchen Walker.Framed for the crime and hunted across the city's dirt roads, train tracks, and skies, the estranged trio must outrun corporate enforcers, ruthless gangs, and the unseen enemy pulling the strings—before a ticking superweapon turns Technikron into a graveyard.A standalone steampunk action thriller with sequel potential.