Shadow Things

Shadow Things

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WHAT IF YOUR DOPPELGANGER IS OUT TO RUIN YOUR LIFE?When night falls in Heart City the shadows come alive--literally. They rise from the ground in droves and pluck themselves off the walls--shadows of trees and buildings and broken cars. They roam the streets freely after dark, unstoppable and maleficent. They have only one goal: kill anything that crosses their path.Haley, Hansel's old classmate committed suicide because of the relentless bullying she had to endure at school and Hansel is primarily at fault. Overcome by his own guilt and too young and cowardly to face the consequences of his actions, Hansel flees to Heart City. He has no friends in this new city and nothing to look forward to. Over the years his sense of worthlessness and self-resentment festers inside him until it drives him to the top of an abandoned high-rise one night, wanting to take his own life.But before he can jump off, he's stopped by a strange boy who looks exactly like him, down to the last detail. The boy claims to be his shadow and vows to ruin his life. And Hansel has no escape.…

Snow Flower, Fire Storm

Snow Flower, Fire Storm

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[ONC 2022 LONGLIST || FEATURED]Xie Xiao's fate changed two thousand years ago, when he nearly lost his life at the hands of a friend, and then became an immortal because of the same person.He has been living a wanderer's life since then, watching the world change--watching wars crest and fade, nations rise and fall--never aging, never belonging to any time.He was tired of it all, and he wanted to grow old and die just like everyone else. For that he had to find the man who turned him immortal all those years ago. But how much did Xie Xiao know about this man who was once his friend? How much of what happened two thousand years ago did he really understand?…

Classroom X

Classroom X

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ONE OF US IS A SUPERKILLERThe final year students of Dom Adams Public High has been called to school for a night class. They reach school to find armed soldiers in their classroom. Soon they learn that they are going to be put under a dangerous lockdown. They are told that one of them is a human weapon, and they are to find out who it is. But time is running out for them and they don't have a lot of chances to spare, because every night, one of them would be killed.…

A Case of Fury

A Case of Fury

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Case's brother dies in police custody after he is falsely accused of a mass murder. Case is angry and bereft, knowing all too well there is nothing he can do to get justice for his brother. However on his brother's first birthday after his death, a strange girl approaches him. She gifts him with a geas that enables him to read and control anyone's mind when they are angry.Suddenly, things are not the same anymore. He is no longer powerless. Backed by his peculiar new power, Case decides if he cannot prove his brother's innocence, he'll at least try to avenge his death.But everything comes at a cost, more so when it's something stolen. When the Sin of Wrath appears before him demanding to have his power returned and vowing to ruin his life, Case is forced into a dangerous pact.…