CRUCIBLE OF SHADOWS

WHEN THE WORLD ENDED, HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. Marine Sergeant Quinn Carter wakes up on a highway littered with the wreckage of a military convoy—burned-out husks of vehicles, torn bodies, and a silence so heavy it chokes him. The last thing he remembers is kissing his wife, Anna, goodbye before deployment. Now, the world is a graveyard, and the air reeks of blood and rot. But he’s not alone. The things that move in the ruins aren’t the shambling dead of old horror stories. They’re fast. Smart. They mimic human voices to lure survivors out. When Quinn hears a child’s desperate cry for help, he almost falls for it—until he sees their milky-white eyes and the way they move like a pack. THE FIRST BITE ISN’T THE END. IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING. Fighting his way through the wreckage, Quinn finds a lone survivor—Sarah Monroe, a fellow Marine with a tire iron and a haunted past. She tells him the truth: the world didn’t end with bombs or a virus. It ended with Systemic Immune Failure (SIF)—a plague that didn’t just kill people. It turned them into something worse. Now, the infected hunt in packs, using eerie mimicry to draw out the last survivors. And they’re getting smarter. ESCAPE ISN’T AN OPTION. IT’S A LIE. Trapped in a decaying city with the horde closing in, Quinn and Sarah must navigate a landscape of betrayal and desperation. The military remnants—led by a shadowy figure named Vance—aren’t here to save anyone. They’re rounding up survivors for reasons Quinn can’t fathom. And every step towards home—towards Anna—brings him closer to a truth more horrifying than the infected. BECAUSE THE REAL MONSTERS AREN’T THE ONES WITH THE MILKY EYES. With time running out and the horde learning from every attack, Quinn must decide: Does he fight for a world already lost? Or does he run—straight into the heart of the nightmare—to find the woman he loves? A PULSE-POUNDING, UNFLINCHING THRILLER THAT REINVENTS THE APOCALYPSE—WHERE THE REAL TERROR ISN’T THE INFECTED… IT’S WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND. PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE LAST OF US, BIRD BOX, AND THE ROAD. WILL YOU SURVIVE THE FIRST NIGHT?

[Wsa entry.] James Dohan, a famous author working for the government, suddenly died after an accident occurred at his workplace. Nothing could have prepared him for the events to come. [You have reincarnated.] James soon found himself reincarnated into the body of Jared, the son of the village's elder in a demon-infested wasteland. The North, abandoned by a cowardly kingdom after a brutal war, crawled with monsters and desperate survivors. Jared left to save his father with a miracle cure, but James arrived too late—the Elder was dead, the village was starving, and the title of Elder fell on his unprepared shoulders. Luckily, he had a cheat code to rely on. [You have awakened your Infinite Item Shop System.] [Current balance: 0 Sp. Buy everything, Sell anything.] [You grow stronger the more gods choose to observe you.] [The god of wealth is amazed at your talent.] [The god of wealth has gifted you a divine blessing.] [The god of love wishes to observe you.] Jared found a way to save the people of his village from dying from their own weakness and the horrors of the world. [You have gained 50 Sp.] [You have purchased a pistol.] [13 Sp has been deducted.] [You killed a Dire Wolf.] [150 Sp has been added to your account.] [The villagers' loyalty to you has risen.] [You have earned 300 Sp.] [You can now convert this world's money into Sp.] With this system, Jared was more than ready to conquer the North, money, power and women.

Some secrets are meant to stay buried. Some strings should never be pulled. Seraphina Elowen Vail thought she was simply chasing her dream of becoming a detective. But when she is recruited into Oblivion Division, an underground spy organization hidden in the shadows of Iceland, she realizes she’s stepped into a world where nothing is as it seems. Tasked with solving a gruesome murder, Seraphina’s sharp mind makes her a key player in the case—until she discovers she might be the next victim. As she delves deeper, she uncovers an eerie connection between the murder and a mysterious underground organization obsessed with human intelligence. At the center of it all stands Ezrin Theon Holloway—a man as cold as the Arctic winds, yet dangerously compelling. He watches her, tests her, and plays a game only he understands. Beneath his controlled exterior lies a possessiveness that tightens like a noose around her fate. But Seraphina is not easily controlled. She has her own secrets—secrets that even she doesn’t fully understand. When she realizes that her own mind may be the key to the mystery, the lines between hunter and prey begin to blur. In a world where power is everything, where trust is a weapon, and where love and obsession are two sides of the same coin, Seraphina must decide: Will she escape the strings that bind her? Or will she let herself be caught in a web of unseen strings?

Lucien never asked to be reborn as an Incubus in a ruthless cultivation world, where power is taken—never given. Bound to a forbidden system that feeds on lust, he must seduce, dominate, and conquer his way through powerful clans, dangerous beauties, and ancient secrets. Each night brings pleasure. Each battle, blood. And every encounter, a chance to level up. But the deeper he dives, the more he realizes: desire isn’t just his weapon—it might be his curse.

Blayn transmigrates into the world of Akame ga Kill and obtains the Mangekyō Sharingan—Kamui! Not just one, but both Kamui!

In a world where cruel gods hold dominion over life and death, Vealen, a soul-reaper bound to the God of Death, has lived for centuries carrying out the grim task of claiming the souls of the departed. His existence is a cold one, defined by duty and the unyielding laws of the gods. But everything changes when he is summoned to reap the soul of Serephina Night, a young woman who carries the weight of her family's cursed legacy. For generations, every female in her bloodline has been pursued by Death, and now, Serephina is no exception. As Vealen approaches her, his duty to the God of Death is clear-claim her soul and continue the endless cycle of life and death. Yet, as their paths cross, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to Serephina, her strength and beauty awakening feelings long buried within him. Torn between his duty and an undeniable desire, Vealen struggles with his growing attachment to the woman he's meant to take. Serephina, for her part, is torn between her growing longing for Vealen and her fierce desire to survive at any cost. She knows her fate-death has been chasing her for her entire life-but the connection she feels with the reaper challenges everything she thought she understood about fate, life, and the gods who control it. As Vealen grapples with his emotions, both are faced with a choice: defy the gods and rewrite their destinies, or submit to the cruel and unchangeable laws of death.

"I woke up in a fantasy world… only to realize it’s the unfinished novel I wrote, filled with plot holes, overpowered villains, and side characters I never developed. Worse? The protagonist I wrote is out to kill me. Now, I must end my own terrible writing by fixing the story, before it destroys me..." This is the story of Char, the author, as he suddenly enters his own novel, and realizes something - or someone - has been filling in the gaps left in his bad writing. Now, he's nothing more than an extra, unless he can find a way to escape the nightmare of his new reality. [Disclaimer: You might get addicted reading this story.]

Hey readers, This is my first attempt to write anything. So I started with movie most would be familiar with. I hope you like this. I don't own any right to Harry Potter and Marvel or any other references I would use in this story. I just wrote for fun purpose. I hope you like it *I don't know how to remove this cover and the cover i want to upload is not uploading successfully*