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What if the last Byzantine emperor had one more chance? Empire Rewritten is an alternate history novel about Michael Jameston, a 55-year-old American who awakens in the body of Constantine Palaiologos at the twilight of Byzantium. The empire is crumbling. The Ottomans are closing in. Court politics are vicious, allies are unreliable, and time is running out. Michael has no magic, no system, and no easy answers-only practical knowledge, stubborn pragmatism, and a lifetime of problem-solving. To save Byzantium, he will need more than courage. He will need diplomacy, reform, logistics, strategy, and the will to drag a dying empire into a new age. Gunpowder. State-building. War. Politics. The crusade is coming What to Expect: Isekai/self-insert with no system or magic Grounded empire-building in 15th-century Byzantium Military campaigns, court politics, technological innovation Real places, real people, and plausible historical logic Multiple POVs, with a strategic focus on the MC 2-3k chapters, updated every Monday and Thursday Currently 15 chapters ahead on Patreon Explore maps, timelines, characters, and more at empirerewritten.com If you enjoy alternate history, realistic kingdom-building, military reform, and political strategy, Empire Rewritten is for you.

THE BLACKWELL HEIR He inherited an empire. She knows exactly where it's broken. After the death of his father, Alexander Blackwell returns to Blackwell Manor carrying the weight of a legacy that was never meant to be simple. An empire of wealth, influence, and expectation now rests on his shoulders-and powerful enemies are waiting for him to fail. Wren Xavier has spent her life earning respect the hard way. Practical, fiercely independent, and unimpressed by status, she's built her reputation through expertise rather than privilege. The last thing she needs is to be drawn into the world of the Blackwells. But when old promises and family ties bring them together once more, they find themselves navigating far more than corporate battles and inherited responsibilities. As winter settles over the manor, long-buried grief, family secrets, and unfinished legacies begin to surface. And in a world where trust is rare and loyalty comes at a price, Alexander and Wren discover that the most difficult inheritance isn't wealth-it's learning how to live with what others leave behind. A slow-burn romance about legacy, healing, family, and the courage to build something better than what came before.

History remembers kings. History forgets everyone else. Karikalan has spent years searching for lost kingdoms, forgotten records, and ancient relics buried beneath centuries of dust and lies. During an investigation into a mysterious symbol found across scattered historical records, he uncovers a trail leading to a secret that should never have survived. The Nine Crowns. A mystery erased from history. A truth hidden across kingdoms. A secret powerful enough to change the past itself. What begins as a search for answers soon becomes a journey into a world of war, ambition, betrayal, and legends. Some mysteries are meant to be solved. Others are waiting for someone foolish enough to uncover them.

Iris Belby and Draco Malfoy are not friends, that much is certain from the beginning and neither of them would stand against it. Malfoy doesn't have a habit of trusting anyone, and Belby doesn't have a habit of trusting snakes. When Malfoy approaches her with an offer she can't really put on her main goals, she doesn't know what he is planning,every instinct she has tell her to walk away. She almost does. What follows is an alliance with no name and no clear edges.Two people from opposite sides of the castle learning, slowly, that the other might actually be worth something. TROPE: enemies to lovers, reluctant allies, unlikely duo, forbidden relationship, slow burn RAVEN AND SERPENT draco malfoy x oc order of the phoenix - deathly hallows harry potter series

After watching his pregnant wife and unborn twins die before his eyes, Crown Prince Jian succumbs to poison and awakens nine months in the past. Armed with memories of a future that ended in tragedy, Jian begins hunting the enemies who destroyed his family. But the more he changes the past, the more the future changes with it. Plots he remembers never occur. New enemies emerge from the shadows. Old allies behave differently. And the path that once led to death begins unraveling into something he no longer recognizes. This time Jian refuses to lose. But saving the future may prove far more dangerous than reliving it.

Murta has clawed his way from rotting in the streets to serving a notorious noble family. However, destiny calls for more. Much more. If he must, he will travel through the barbarian desert with guides that wish to consume his soul. He will navigate the blood-soaked underbelly of a foreign city to hunt down his father's abandoned bastards. However, when his search becomes tangled up with an ancient force that will tear apart the Kingdom of Shai, where do his loyalties lie? Together with his family of noble criminals, they will show the world a greatness that has been held back for a thousand years. This is the first of three books that follow the journey through the dark and twisted threads of fate that every forsaken child of Ruhan Yanme must face. This trilogy is fully written, with each book undergoing final edits-updates will be regular, and the story will reach its conclusion.

A story of a betrayed memory and a dying kingdom. A girl with no past struggles to survive in a world where the land is rotting away due to the magic of a cursed crown, and her greatest enemy-or her only chance of salvation-is a cold and calculating guard.

"In order to understand, you must first destroy yourself." Elvio wakes up in a life that should be his. He knows his name. His family. His friends. His favorite café. Every detail of his past sits perfectly in his mind. The problem is none of it feels real. His memories feel borrowed, like facts memorized from someone else's biography. And beneath them lingers a grief so deep it feels older than the life he remembers. Then a message arrives from an unknown number: "You came back." As strange messages begin to uncover pieces of a forgotten past, Elvio is drawn toward a girl who feels more familiar than his own memories. A girl he shouldn't know, but somehow does. Caught between a life that fits and a truth he can't remember, Elvio must uncover what happened before he woke up. Because some memories are lost for a reason. And some loves refuse to stay forgotten. As the line between memory and self starts to blur, Elvio is forced to confront a question that grows heavier with each passing day: If you woke up inside a life that fits you perfectly... how would you know it was ever yours?

In Book three of The Stormcrier Chronicles, divergent paths lay before everyone. Matt finds himself prisoner aboard a ship of pirates. Anthony must grow into his role of Duke of Dragonfyre and his place on the Resistance's Council. Sylvia must find Matt while Will finds himself with new responsibilities of his own. Nathan, while searching for his lost brother, has found someone unexpected. Newly appointed Steward, Leonardo Bernoulli, struggles to build a coalition as he seeks to solidify his rule. Hal, as always, plays his own game entirely. Where do these paths converge? And what part do the Stormcrier Dragons have to play?

In the mist-shrouded hills of Dawn Arbor Academy, where ancient towers pierce skies, Princess Celeste discovers that her prestigious education masks a shocking truth. Beneath the veneer of elegant balls and classical studies, the school's most sacred magical traditions relay dark secrets and practices that has sustained her realm's power for centuries. As Celeste delves deeper into forbidden texts hidden in the library's shadowy archives, she finds herself caught between two worlds. One refined, intellectual sphere of higher learning she's always dreamed of, and a darker undercurrent of moral corruption that threatens to shatter her worldview. With her many unlikely allies , Celeste must navigate court intrigue all while maintaining the precise etiquette expected of a young lady in society. The ancient stones of Dale Doveland hold memories in their crystalline matrices, and Celeste's quest to unravel their secrets will challenge everything she believes about power, tradition, and the price of progress.

In a world carved by crusade, betrayal, and fragile miracles, A Saga of Forsaken Banners follows the warriors and wanderers who bleed beneath the weight of destiny - and the brothers whose choices will break a kingdom. The tale opens in blood and mud. Asger Tokeson, a nineteen‑year‑old routier, crawls from the ashes of a slaughter he was never meant to survive. A boy refuses to leave him - the first flicker of grace in a life hammered into brutality. From that moment, Asger's reluctant pilgrimage east winds through shattered loyalties, hard‑won fellowship, and the slow, painful unmaking of the man the world forged from him. Far from those ruined fields, Acre trembles. King Baldwin IV - brilliant, young, and dying - holds the Holy Land together with a will stronger than his failing body. Sibylla stands between duty and destiny. And beneath the palace stones, something coils: Templars shifting in silence, informants vanishing, letters diverted, a clasp passed between men like a whispered oath. Into this shadow steps Hemming - Asger's elder brother, a Templar shaped by pride, shame, and the belief that glory belongs only to those who seize it. He is the kingdom's blade... and its fracture. A massacre on the road to Acre exposes a conspiracy reaching from palace servants to the leper king's inner circle. As Jerusalem falters and Acre darkens, the brothers must choose what binds them: blood, oath, or survival. One seeks redemption. One seeks destiny. Both will be broken.

When seventeen-year-old Princess Arianna wakes up in a hospital bed, she remembers everything-except herself. She knows the history, politics, and geography of her kingdom, but not her own childhood, family, or the night that nearly killed her. Doctors call it amnesia. The court calls it a crisis. As Arianna returns to a palace full of secrets, she begins to uncover disturbing truths about her past, her family, and the price of power. Someone wanted her silent. Someone may still want her gone. Caught between royal duty and a new, frightening freedom, Arianna must decide who she wants to become. Because when memory disappears, identity is no longer inherited-it is chosen.

Does chivalry die with the knights of old? Or does it find a new place in an ever-changing world? Since he was small, Sonic, a young hedgehog from the village of Green Hills, dreamed of following the footsteps of his childhood hero, the fabled swordsman D'Artagnan, and becoming a Royal Musketeer. With an unquenchable thirst for thrill and adventure, he and his best friend Tails embark on a journey to the royal city, hoping to join the famous corps. Things soon go awry, though, upon arrival. After a chance encounter with the disgraced musketeer, Knuckles, the three form an unlikely trio. As Sonic struggles to balance his love of freedom with his newfound duties, fate soon comes a-knocking in the form of Amy Rose, a spy with more than one face. Little by little, the world of Sonic's childhood stories unravels into one of swashbuckling, danger, conspiracy, and... love? As their foes plot in the shadows, the three are slowly forced to discover what it truly means to be all for one and one for all. Warning: This will be a long story (Crossposted from AO3) (Cover art by Emerald Kora: https://x.com/Emerald_Kora )

From the minute she is sent to Hatfield, Mary Tudor's life would never be the same again. When Mary Tudor receives the letter she has been dreading for years, it changes her world more than she ever could have imagined. In a realm where obedience is demanded and women are expected to bend, Mary refuses to yield. The once indulged and sheltered heir to the throne of England is cast into the brutal and harsh reality of a kingdom determined to silence her. Living as a prisoner, and forced to serve as a maid to her usurping half-sister, the daughter of Marys' deadly enemy, her ill-treatment will ultimately shape her life as a pious and determinedly stubborn woman, holding fast to her identity in a world that insists she has none. Through four more of her father's marriages, a battle of religious liberty with her once adoring brother and her increasingly strained relationship with her sister, Mary must draw on her remarkable bravery and determination to not only overcome the prejudices of her gender, but as a woman shaped by fire, faith, and the unshakeable belief that she, too, has the right to rule. Copyright © Nikki Long 2026 All Rights Reserved. No part of this manuscript may be reproduced without the expressed consent of Nikki Long.

Fourteen years ago, Princess Annelise Veyran watched her kingdom burn. The gates of Zelveria were opened by traitors. Her parents were murdered. The throne was stolen. By dawn, the royal bloodline was believed to be extinct. But Annelise survived. For fourteen years, she has lived in hiding, carrying the weight of a fallen kingdom and the memories of a life that was taken from her. Reclaiming Zelveria has been her only purpose. Until she discovers that the destruction of her kingdom was only the beginning. As Annelise journeys across distant lands in search of answers, she uncovers traces of a truth that history itself has tried to erase. Ancient records have vanished. Witnesses disappear without warning. Entire regions whisper of creatures that officially do not exist. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes that the fall of Zelveria was part of something far greater than a struggle for a crown. Joined by a small band of loyal allies, Annelise must navigate political conspiracies, forgotten histories, and dangers lurking beyond the edges of recorded knowledge. Each discovery brings her closer to the forces responsible for her kingdom's destruction and to a threat that could consume far more than a single kingdom. Ashes of a Fallen Crown is the first book in The Hollow Throne, an epic fantasy trilogy about betrayal, survival, hidden truths, and a princess determined to uncover what really destroyed her world.

The story continues where Paw Force - Birth of a New Era left off. Read it first or you'll be lost. The pups face some of their greatest challenges. The bad guys are out to get them from within if possible. The story finishes the holes left by the last book, but also opens the door to other possibilities. Who will step up, who will get discovered and can some old enemies become formable allies? Only time will tell. Stick with me as the plot continues.

Book 1: In the first book of the Stormcrier Chronicles, a revolution stirs in the east as ancient dragons return to the continent of Verden after being extinct for 100 years. A young man's world is turned upside down as he attempts to find his place in a country full of more conflict and secrets than he could have ever imagined. Book 2: In the second book of the Stormcrier Chronicles, war covers the continent of Verden. East turns against west as once proud allies fight to wrest control of kingdom; to preserve it says the west, to save it says the east. Above all, five dragons, seemingly returned from the dead, wait to strike while Verden is at its weakest. #1 in #newseries #1 in #newaccount #1 in #swordandsorcery

For a century, the Peace Spell held the monsters at bay, trading bloodlust for a fragile truce. Then, in one neon-lit nightclub, a single gunshot shattered the pact. Now, the hunters have become the hunted. As the moon turns a bruised red and the city is fed a televised apocalypse, the line between guardian and monster dissolves into chaos. Jacob is caught in the middle of a war he never wanted. He is forced to choose: his father's cold, calculated logic or his ex-girlfriend's dangerous secrets. He is blind to the fact that the woman he is protecting is the key to the very truth his father has sworn to burn down. ​✌️ Peace is broken. 📱 Hunt is live. 🔥 Truth is Blurring. One Night. One City. No Mercy. In a city where every broadcast is a lie, the most dangerous thing you can do is trust the wrong person. Witness the first installment of "Peace Grows Thin" Author's Note: Peace Grows Thin is the new title (formerly The Chaotic Night Of Broken Peace Spell). Same pulse-pounding mystery, just a sharper look!

In a crumbling empire where dragon riders once held absolute power, an aging emperor's madness plunges the realm into chaos. As rival houses vie for the vacant throne, a web of conspiracies, forbidden loves, and ancient prophecies tightens around the last heirs of the Cerdic bloodline. From icy mountain prisons to burning cities, warriors and schemers-bound by blood and betrayal-must navigate a storm of revolution, vengeance, and awakened beasts. The age of dragons is ending, but the fires of ambition burn hotter than ever. Loyalties will be tested, crowns shattered, and the fate of the world decided not by armies alone, but by the secrets whispered in the shadows. The Song of the Götlandish is a sweeping epic fantasy of political intrigue, star-crossed passion, and the dying roar of a dynasty.

In the Aurelian Empire, your mana color is your identity. Solar burns gold. Angel shines white. Elemental feeds the world. Black means Pariah. Kaelen Altaris has known this since he was nine years old - the moment the classification crystal turned black against his chest and his family quietly stopped acknowledging he existed. For seven years, he has survived Altaris Manor as a ghost: no tutor, no training, no name worth speaking aloud. Just chores, cold corridors, and a stepmother who has turned his erasure into an art form. But his mother didn't simply disappear. She was filed away. In a sanatorium six days east, under a contract Elara Altaris controls. And something changed at Voss-Meren fourteen months ago - something that has made people vanish, couriers run east in the dark, and a girl with a surveyor's ledger full of missing names travel the same road as Kaelen. He has Black Mana. A broken hilt that recognized him before he recognized it. Eleven years of watching people who underestimated him. The Empire built its history on a lie. It buried the Dark Stylists who saved the world and called them monsters. Kaelen is about to find out why.