"The world ended with a bright white flash. Everything fell silent, no engines, no singing birds and no muttering. Then, the screams erupted." It has been years since the earth burned to ashes and humanity fled into the last place inhabitable: The Subway systems. America is gone, wiped off the face of earth in a series of nuclear explosions sent by the Russian government. And in midst this catastrophe, a single girl is trusted with a task, a task that could safe all human life in the metro. (This is of course greatly inspired from Dimitry Gluhovsky's Metro series, though it has a similar story arch at first, it's going to change up a lot so if you think you know what's gonna happen, don't be so sure...)

A City of Assassins. A Country of Enemies. A Dance till Death. What could possibly go wrong? The oncoming of the mist was greatly awaited in Spiritfalls. The declaration that the Ball was neigh. This annual Masquerade was a historian's delight; Elites, Dresses, and Dancing. But beyond the exquisite drapes loomed lies, behind the ornate masks lay a warrior, underneath the warrior was an aching urge for revenge. ---- Avyanna Irvine, a strong-willed, determined girl longs to break free of her monotonous life. With her father a martyr and her brother an unresolved mystery, she aches to unravel the secrets of the Crown. Truth must be unveiled, come what may. Cover by the amazing @-decepted

The Empire stretched back to the time of legends, yet only decades ago, was it torn asunder from the inside. As the march of time decimated the lands of Shenzhou, the people grew to adapt to their precarious situations. Aicin Nuhu, born after the Glorious Revolution, was never able to experience the prosperity and harmony of the Empire of days yonder. Instead, he was thrust into a world he did not bargain for. But as so many others did, he adapted, and he thrived. Naturally talented with Chi infusion techniques, Aicin amassed great wealth and prestige. With graying hair, Aicin commands the most fearsome mercenary band in all of Southern Shenzhou, felling warlords by the dozens, all the while getting paid for it. In the suffering of others he flourished, in his fragmented homeland he prospered. Personally having taken part in the nations fracturing, he has been the culprit behind much suffering. However, Aicin does not hold any domains himself, instead he lives a nomadic life with his merry band. He lives a life without loyalty and without chains. But even with his immense experienced and highly trained band of mercenaries, Aicin still does not know if he would be able to take on the Great Pacifier of the North, he who rules a half of the late Empire. Nor does he know what doing so might drag him into. Conspiracies he would never dream about. Ones that could shake the very fabric of society and change the course of history once again. But hey, a job is a job, and money is money.

After years of being a foster girl, Alaska has finally found the perfect family that wants to adopt her. But then she realises that she's being stalked, which leads to her kidnap. She succeeds in running away, but then she finds herself in an unfamiliar place. What is this place? And is she going to find her way back home? [Completed]