The world sees chaos. He sees an equation waiting to be solved. For billionaire genius JQ Serrano, codenamed Apex, control isn't a luxury; it's a survival mechanism. Haunted by a past defined by tragic inefficiency, he monitors the world from his high-tech tower in BGC, believing that with enough data, any disaster can be averted. He was wrong. A shadow consortium known as Chimera has descended upon the Philippines. Their mission: "Protocol: Silent Night," the systematic liquidation of every living biological weapon created by the Biyaya virus. The war has arrived, and the country's scattered heroes are the targets. To stop a global superpower, JQ needs an army. He pulls the survivors from the wreckage of their previous battles: Ian Bautista, the lethal Watchmaker; Benito, the vengeful Serpent King; Mako, a living ghost in the digital machine; Gardo, the kinetic juggernaut; and Liway, the empathic heart of the storm. But saving them is the easy part. Leading them is impossible. They are broken, mistrustful outcasts who see JQ not as a savior, but as a cold, calculating puppet master. As Chimera's cybernetically enhanced forces tear Manila apart in search of the ultimate prize-the source code for the virus itself-JQ must learn that some variables cannot be controlled. If he fails to unite them, the Biyaya curse won't just be contained; it will be weaponized for the highest bidder. Precision meets power in this explosive next book of the Biyayaverse saga, where a fractured team must rise or watch their motherland burn. [Biyayaverse Book 5]

Gardo Reyes is a gentle giant, a man of immense strength who lives in a constant state of quiet control. A failed super-soldier experiment left him with a terrifying gift: his body absorbs kinetic energy, charging him like a living battery. The more he is attacked, the more powerful he becomes, but this power demands a catastrophic, explosive release. He is a walking apocalypse, and his greatest fear is the collateral damage of his own survival. He is a fortress of silence. Liway Martinez is a reclusive artist, a woman of ethereal beauty who believes she is a curse. She is a powerful empath whose emotions can warp the very fabric of reality, unleashing cascades of impossible "bad luck" on those around her. She has spent her life on the run from a power she cannot control, a chaotic storm hidden behind a fragile, graceful exterior. In a quiet coastal town, these two broken souls find a sanctuary in each other. He is the only person whose silence can calm her inner storm. She is the only one who sees the gentle man, not the monster. But when a ruthless, clandestine government agency, the PCOD, comes to claim Liway as their asset, their fragile peace is shattered. Forced on the run, their monstrous secrets are revealed to each other in the most brutal way imaginable. They discover that their powers, while dangerously compatible, are also their only hope for survival. He is the anchor; she is the tempest. To stay alive, the man of silence must embrace his explosive power, and the woman who is a storm must learn to aim the hurricane. Silence and the Storm is a super-powered romance about two people who can save the world, but are terrified they might destroy each other in the process. [Biyayaverse Book 4]

In the rain-slicked, neon-drenched labyrinth of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, some ghosts don't rattle chains-they haunt the wires. They call him Mako. To the city's criminal underworld, he is a digital phantom, a legendary hacker capable of crashing cranes and emptying bank accounts with a keystroke. The truth is far more strange, and far more dangerous. Mako is a man who died and was reborn as something new: a technopath. His consciousness is a living network protocol, his senses a symphony of data streams and electrical currents. He is a ghost in the machine, a predator who can control any technology he can touch, a power he uses for a single, obsessive purpose: to dismantle the empire of the corrupt official who created him and left him for dead. But Mako's quiet, methodical war for revenge is thrown into chaos when he discovers he is not the only phantom in the region. He witnesses the brutal efficiency of a mysterious old watchmaker and the raw, elemental power of a warrior king from the mountains. He realizes his personal vendetta is just one small piece of a much larger, secret war. When his hunt leads him to a horrifying truth about human trafficking and a new generation of stolen weaponry, Mako is forced to make a choice: remain a ghost in the wires, a cold, logical predator seeking vengeance, or embrace the last vestiges of his stolen humanity to become a protector. To save the innocent, the machine must decide if he is still a man, and the ghost must finally choose a side in a war that will define the soul of the city. [Biyayaverse Book 3]

The Philippine Resistance Group (PRG) is in ruins. Their bases have fallen, their leaders are dead, and their survivors are scattered. But for Ric Ramirez, Ethan Gutierrez, and Dr. Rafa Mendoza, surrender is not an option. When Ric's son, Teo, is taken by Colonel Villanueva, the PRG's worst fears are confirmed-the captives inside the Palawan Military Refugee Zone (PMRZ) are being transformed into something far worse than the infected. Determined to save Teo, the trio devises Operation: Exodus, a desperate mission to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold and free the prisoners. All of them. But deep within the PMRZ, an unspeakable horror is evolving. An Afflicted unlike any before-intelligent, cunning, and utterly unstoppable. As the mission spirals into chaos, Ric, Ethan, and Rafa realize they aren't just facing Villanueva's forces anymore. The first Afflicted King has risen. And the war for humanity's survival has begun. [This is Book 5 of the Dark Waters Universe.]

The world is dead. The outbreak that consumed humanity left the cities as graveyards of the past, where only the infected roam. In the ruins of Subic Bay Freeport and Olongapo City, one man remains-a ghost in a dead city. Richard "Ric" Ramirez was left behind when his family escaped. The last time he saw them, the docks were burning, the infected closing in, and he was out of bullets. He should have died. He should have turned. But he didn't. Now, months later, Ric has become something else. A predator. A hunter. A man with a single purpose-wipe out every infected in his city. In the ruins of his family's 500-square-meter compound in Gordon Heights, he has built his own fortress. Every day, he hunts, scavenges, and kills, determined to take back what was lost. But the dead are not the only enemies. Across the sea, in the Palawan Military Refugee Zone, his wife Cat, his daughter Sam, and his son Teo have found sanctuary-but at a cost. The government has fallen. The military, under General Miguel Cortez, has seized power, ruling with an iron fist. His right-hand man, Colonel Enrique Villanueva of Project Sentinel, hides dark secrets-secrets that may hold the key to why Ric never turned. The world believes Ric Ramirez is dead. They are wrong. Now, whispers spread across the ruins. Survivors speak of a lone warrior, a phantom in the streets, a man who refuses to die. When Ric learns the truth about Palawan-about the danger his family faces-he will do the impossible. He will bring war to the dead, to the living, to anyone standing in his way. From the ashes of a fallen world, a legend will rise. He is the Lone Survivor. [This is Book 4 of the Dark Waters Universe.]

Olongapo City was alive and bustling-until it wasn't. When an unknown infection spreads like wildfire, turning people into fast, relentless killers, the Ramirez family is caught in the chaos. Ric, an ex-military security consultant, has spent his life preparing for worst-case scenarios. But nothing could have prepared him for this. Cat, a trauma nurse, barely escapes a nightmarish shift at the hospital where patients turn violent and inhuman before her eyes. Sam, a college student, is forced to run for her life when the outbreak hits her campus, the hallways becoming a feeding ground. Teo stays at home waiting for his mom, dad, and big sister. As society collapses around them, their only hope is to make it home to Gordon Heights-to their family. But with streets overrun, the city burning, and no help coming, survival means making brutal choices. The world they knew is gone. Now, it's just family, survival, and the fight to see another day. Perfect for fans of Train to Busan, The Last of Us, and World War Z, The Next Pandemic is a gripping survival thriller that will keep you on edge until the very last page. [This is Book 3 of the Dark Waters Universe.]

In the ancient Kingdom of Meliah, an ominous prophecy begins to unfold. Celest, a humble farmer's daughter, stumbles upon the legendary Fifth Dagger-an artifact of unimaginable power, said to bring either salvation or destruction to the world. Chosen by fate, yet unwilling to be bound by it, Celest is thrust into a perilous journey that pits her against a growing darkness led by the warlock Mizpah, also a dagger-bearer who commands the storms and an army of soulless creatures. With the Kingdom on the brink of war and the prophecy's shadow looming, Celest must decide whether to embrace her destiny or forge a new path, even as the dagger's corrupting whispers grow stronger. Alongside her is Jethro, the crown prince of Meliah and a historian desperate to unlock the dagger's mysteries before it consumes her. Together, they must navigate treacherous alliances, ancient magic, and their own hearts, as hope and fellowship become their only shield against the encroaching storm. But as Mizpah's forces close in, and the true cost of wielding the Fifth Dagger is revealed, Celest faces a terrifying choice: surrender the dagger and risk the world's ruin, or wield it and lose herself to its dark power. The fate of Ever-Realm teeters on a knife's edge-will she be the world's savior, or its destroyer?