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The power has shifted. An unexpected arrival. A tower to conquer. I survived the tournament, now it’s time to deal with the fallout. It seems for every enemy I kill, a new one takes their place. But this time, it hits a little too close to home. When an unexpected visitor, and an old friend, arrive at the manor, I couldn’t help but be excited. Along with my incredible bonded women, things were finally falling into place.

Kyroo is a vast world to which many species call home. A mysterious curse rapidly sprawls forth every night as the twin moons vanish behind a curtain of eternal darkness. The unknown magic is rising demons from the depths of the planet that are preying on the unsuspecting. The Kyroo Kingdom is struggling to understand what has transpired as maps, texts, and many memories are now blank.

Aisling, the Monster god, has bidden her time, waiting for the right moment. With Ty’s return to Volar, and his allies distracted, she will initiate her ultimate revenge. In the eye of the storm, with defeat certain, Ty must make a decision: will he claim the power he has so long resisted, or will he allow the forces of evil to win?

Those were the words spoken by an old man, inside a book that Ian read. But being a wizard was something that Ian never expected or asked for. He was happy to learn that magic was real, and that he could do it! But now, that comes with a huge responsibility. The Darkbeasts were sent by someone.

War. Betrayal. A rare man committed to his oath. The world was destroyed nearly a millennium ago, yet conflicts continue to rage. In the events that lead up to the Second Duraani World War, Crinnan Jamiso, Centurion of Black Knight, fights his way through the overgrown ruins of an Ancient city. The world's mightiest powers pursue him and he needs to choose wisely when deciding who is friend and who is foe.

A year after awakening, things have only become worse. The Vatacan's raids on Zharevo have become more frequent and much bolder. Still struggling to come to terms with what he'd become, Ivan is thrust into a web of despair when given the impossible task of retrieving someone much more important to him than any of his ladies. Along with the good comes a whole lot of bad when he finds out the hard way that he is far from being the apex predator.

A virtual world filled with horrors. The real world is doubly so. A terrifying body count is rising. Arthur Mallory is trapped in a heavenly prison, a virtual-reality game, forced to play as Korrash: a powerful elven mage. He’s desperately waiting on his friends and family in the real world to rescue him, but they don’t have the faintest idea where he actually is...or just how high the stakes truly are. The answers are held by the OneiroSoft corporation: Arthur’s employer-turned-kidnapper. The game world, Nightfall, is consumed by change.

The tournament begins. An uneasy peace treaty. A champion emerges. I thought I’d get to spend a little quality time with my new, beautiful, bonded women after taking out the poacher threat, how fast things change. With the tournament only a couple weeks away, a new visitor has arrived at the manor, and she needs my help. I’ll need to rank up my skills to ensure I’ll pass each of the trials in my way, protect those closest to me, and more importantly, survive.

When King Adriel failed to prevent the rising of his demonic half-brother, Katashneil, from hell, he unleashed death and destruction on earth. For the demon of pure chaos delights in his quest to bring his brother, Adriel, to his knees in defeat. But the fight isn't over yet as Adriel's Lords and Knights work day and night to bring down Katashniel's army before it's too late.

Marcus Bola and the Wild Hunt saved Egypt from itself and stopped a threat that no one had seen coming, just in time to be thrust into a deity-ordered lockdown. So, when the chance came to go on vacation? They were in their cosplay and letting loose in the Land of the Rising Sun before anyone could change their mind. Old friends pop in to say hello, just as all hell breaks loose. Someone’s shedding light on things they shouldn't, and the clock is ticking.

Alex is dominating the New York arrow market and preparing to bind his soul with his best-corgi friend. Louie is learning spells and enjoying life's ultimate pleasure, bacon. Rory is crafting items to his heart content, saving up to get his ancestral home back. They all drop what they're doing to help their friend, Leo, who has been taken hostage. Their nemesis is using him as leverage to get back a book that is as powerful as mysterious.

While the competition heats up, and war rages, there is more than battle. The heart matters too, and it often reminds Adam of why he fights. With enemies closing in and political turmoil in distant lands on the rise, Adam will have quell the dangers for some stability.

I never meant to fall for my college professor. He has a reputation for being cold. So, why do I see that soft look in his eyes when he’s talking to me? Why does my heart feel like it’s beating out of my chest? I want his lips on mine. I want to see what’s beneath that icy exterior. And in class, I imagine him shoving me onto his desk and taking me right there.

Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last "last" job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate. Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home. Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.

We were never taught how to survive in the wild when we were children. The same was true for Cameron Jamison, but a string of devastating events led him to the Bloodgames. From the moment Cameron drops onto the island, he must fight, kill, and grow in power if he wants to go home. Too bad 999 others need to reach the same goal. Cameron needs to learn what it takes to overcome the deadly obstacles laid before him.

"Daniel "Rayid" Tear, supported by Count Winslow, seeks justice and vengeance in equal measure. Betrayed by Jekkel the sorcerer after his victory, Rayid seeks to root out the corruption within the Great Cathedral of the Harvester and the rest of Sowers Vale. But his plans are cut short when the machinations of the Dark Valley begin to sprout fruit. War will come to the small northern duchy, war on two fronts. And Rayid will need allies. All the while in the shadows of the world, a foe once thought defeated will rise again.

When a training exercise at a classified research facility goes awry, Joe Kovacs loses much more than his eyesight. He loses his career. He can’t lead one of the military’s top spec-ops teams if he can’t see.

Does it even matter anymore, after finally being captured by the Fystr? Not to Shaun it doesn’t. His immediate concern is staying alive to exact some kind of revenge.

A bounty hunting survivor. A Galactic dark elf. A woman who has given up her humanity to become something more. These stories and more are available in the first short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, covering year one on Earth. When the world ends, humanity steps up, finding new ways to survive in a world with classes, magic, and monsters. The anthology features exciting, new stories by five new writers and a new, never publicly released short story by Tao Wong.

After disaster brought me to Stonefield Sanctuary, I figured it was all a dream. It’s not every day you discover you’ve been selected to become the next caretaker of a preserve full of monster girls, fantasy creatures, and magic I’d only seen in games or read about in books.