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New York City, 1983. By day, twenty-three-year-old Michael is just a quiet, soft-spoken college student trying to keep his head down, survive brutal midterms, and scrape together rent by selling freelance photography to the Daily Bugle. By night, he trades his oversized sweaters for a mask, swinging across the rain-slicked concrete canyons of Manhattan to protect a city that rarely shows him any gratitude. Twenty-one-year-old Max isn't looking to be saved, and she certainly isn't looking to be distracted. Brilliant, fiercely sharp, and armed with a dry wit that keeps everyone at arm's length, she's entirely focused on her studies. But when her path collides with Michael's nervous, clumsy charm, she finds herself noticing the things other people miss: the way he vanishes when trouble hits, the quiet weight he carries, and the countless bruises he tries so hard to hide. Built on hurried coin-operated phone calls from brick alleyways, stolen glances beneath the red safety lights of the campus darkroom, and the agonizing tension of unspoken truths, their slow-burn connection deepens against the backdrop of an unforgiving city. Between managing his wealthy, troubled best friend Julian, keeping Aunt Clara from worrying over his latest injuries, and dodging the chaos of college life, Michael can outrun almost anything. The real question is whether he can manage to keep his mask on around the one girl who is already beginning to see right through it.

The world didn't end with a bang. It ended with a screech. They call them Cucas-Jurassic-sized, rat-like nightmares that emerged from the sewers to turn humanity into a global buffet. Now, the electricity is dead, the law is a memory, and the "civilized" world has regressed into savagery where only the ruthless survive. Seventeen-year-old Claire Mellon is a ghost in her own life. From the master suite of a derelict luxury hotel on Azucena Island, she watches the shadows and cares for the only family she has left: her "Pet Zoo"-a pack of rescued dogs, a rebellious piggy, two sassy cats, and a pair of quiet rabbits. She was a straight-A student with a perfectly mapped-out future. Now, her only goal is making it to dawn without breaking the S.H.U.T. Law-the strict survival protocol her brother Clay left behind. To the world, it's a tactical mandate. To Claire, it's a simpler rule: Shut up or die. But the island holds secrets darker than the predators in the shadows. As the lines between ally and enemy blur, Claire is forced to face the one question she's been avoiding since the world went quiet: Is she truly alone? And if she isn't... who exactly is watching? From two-time Portuguese Wattys Award-winning author MD Gugik, ALONE? is a visceral, pulse-pounding survival thriller. Perfect for fans of I Am Legend and A Quiet Place. PREVIEW ONLY. The full journey is available on Amazon!

𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘵. *story contains - drugs - violence - mental health - sexual content. READ AT OWN RISK. Ellie Blake. 18 years old. helpful, friendly, humble. Living in a small town on a trailer park with abusive parents. She doesn't really have friends in Hawkins, just her neighbor David. He's the only person she has at the moment. She knows him since she was a child. He's the only good thing in this town. Ellie just wants to get out of this shit town and away from her parents. What happens if she suddenly gets a job as the stylist of the band "SOUL" ? This seems like a dream. A escape from "home" . But what if everything turns 𝓾𝓹𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷? - Harry Styles. Leader of the Band Soul. He's difficult.. Drug addict... Always drinking...