Yama Ryu. His fortitude is spoken in hushes. A visceral fear overcomes those that witness his ferocity. For Ryuji Yamaoka, that nickname puts him at the top of the crime syndicate world. But every man has his weaknesses. Ryuji ends up in the hospital one day, where he encounters Grace, a whimsi...

Under the unblinking gaze of the Dome City’s omnipotent Overseer, survival is a currency paid in secrets and silence. Lin Mei, a ghost in the machine and a hacker-for-hire, survives by cracking firewalls and trading data in the neon-drenched underworld of the Glitch. But when she stumbles upon Pr...

‘Welcome! Welcome to Tokyo5!’ As the ad-birds sing. When they’re not being scavenged for parts, that is. Or reprogrammed by hack-worms. Or - well, in any case... welcome! Tokyo5. Just one of the thousand AR cities that now occupy the site of Old Tokyo, itself no more than a legend beneath the ...

A woman has been found dismembered next to a pulp factory. Who was she? Why was she killed? Was this the work of a serial killer? Perhaps, is this a case of Headless Identity?

They thought Future World was just a theme park. But behind the shimmer of holograms and neon lies something broken, buried... and dangerous. For Nick, Scott, and Judy, the summer was supposed to be unforgettable — a last hurrah before adulthood claimed its due. But when a tragic accident ...

**Chapter 1: Forbidden Encounters** In the underbelly of the vibrant city, where shadows danced under flickering streetlights, the world of organized crime thrived. Two families, the Morettis and the Rinaldis, had been at war for as long as anyone could remember. Bloodshed and rivalry defi...

What if you were summoned to a fantasy world… only to die slowly in it? A nameless tourist from another world—no chosen one, no prophecy—finds himself summoned to a decaying kingdom by accident. No powers, no blessings. Just a curse: one that’s eating him alive from the inside. Betrayed by ...

Handcuffs and Bloodstains: Book 1 – Yakaterinburg "Eyes like fire, hands like snow, He'll kiss your mouth then slit your throat. Needle in the egg, soul in the dark– Whisper his name and you'll never go far." Tae Dong-hwan, a Korean police officer is given the task to arrest the most ...

Individuality and sentiment are two things that distinguish one person from the next. However, trouble and difficulty lie down the path of adversity for those decreed as a whole but born destinate to be two halves — Twins. Meet Rei Hirojima and Kei Hirojima — two normal inseparable young boys...

In a dystopian future set in 2140, there's a category of men, the "Machine Men" who possess a mechanical heart, a "Machine Heart." The story tells about one of these individuals, K-111, and his "special" job in a society that has now pushed beyond all the limits and lost every value and virtue ....