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In the cursed kingdom of Nocthyr, the dead do not rest—they whisper. Every hundred years, the Hollow Crown chooses a new ruler, but the crown demands a terrible price: the monarch must surrender their soul to keep the darkness imprisoned. When 19-year-old Lyra Vey discovers she is the last heir to the forgotten bloodline of shadow kings, she is hunted by monsters, corrupted knights, and an immortal sorcerer who believes she can awaken an ancient god sleeping beneath the world.
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Tristan Asher died after five years of surviving the apocalypse, betrayed by the man he trusted most. Regressed fourteen hours before the end of the world, he plans to speedrun the apocalypse using five years of future knowledge—until the timeline changes and Kira Knight, a woman with a Forbidden Tier class, discovers his secret. Now Tristan must rewrite the future without losing the people he once failed to save.
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Sabrina Vasquez is done playing by the rules. After her mentor Mike Lowrey is gunned down, the determined Miami parole agent vows to find his shooter. Her hunt leads to Armando Aretas, a dangerous man with a blood-soaked past. But when hunter and hunted collide, anger gives way to an unexpected connection. Now Sabrina must choose: avenge Mike or risk losing herself in the chaos—and the man she was supposed to bring down.
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