The sleek, silver bullet train, Nozomi 302, hurtles towards Tokyo, a beacon of modern efficiency sliced through the Japanese countryside. Inside, unsuspecting passengers chat, oblivious to the insidious countdown ticking beneath the floorboards. Kazuya Takaichi, a hardened bomb disposal expert, receives a cryptic message, his face paling as he realizes the impossible: a pressure-sensitive bomb … Read more
Dust devils danced across the parched plains of Redemption, Arizona, as the sun bled across the horizon, painting the sky in fiery hues. Sheriff John Dorsey, a man etched with worry lines deeper than the canyons, watched as U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden swaggered into town, a storm cloud of authority in his wake. Their target: … Read more
The city bleeds neon beneath a bruised twilight sky. Nathan Caine, a man strangely immune to pain, leads an unremarkable existence, until Sherry, the girl who painted color onto his monochrome world, vanishes. One minute she’s there, a flash of vibrant red lipstick and a shared nervous laugh; the next, just an echoing silence. As … Read more
The parched wind howled through the skeletal trees of the Lost Lands, a place where maps held no truth and legends walked. Queen Mara, desperate to save her kingdom from a creeping blight, summoned Gray Alys, a sorceress whispered to command forces beyond mortal comprehension. Alys, with eyes like chips of obsidian, accepted the perilous … Read more
Vienna, a city draped in a deceptive tranquility, shattered by a mother’s primal scream. Sara, a former special forces operative, stands paralyzed outside the imposing walls of the US Consulate, her world collapsing. Inside, her son vanished, swallowed by bureaucracy and shadowed corridors. The unflappable Eric Kynch, a high-ranking official with a chillingly calm demeanor, … Read more
The humid Mumbai night clung to the city like a second skin. Inside a dimly lit backroom of the infamous “Golden Peacock” casino, high stakes poker blurred with hushed whispers of a legendary diamond, “The Serpent’s Eye”. Rehan Roy, a suave con artist with eyes that held a storm, coolly raises the bet, his gaze … Read more
The biting wind whipped through the skeletal framework of the unfinished skyscraper, mirroring the turmoil in Levon Cade’s soul. Years ago, he traded black ops for a hammer and nails, finding solace in the simple rhythm of construction, a life miles away from the shadows he’d left behind. But peace is a fragile thing. When … Read more
The gilded ballroom shimmered under the weight of expectation, leaders from across the globe gathered for the G20 summit, a fragile dance of diplomacy threatening to shatter. President Danielle Sutton, a woman forged in the fires of leadership, surveyed the room, her gaze lingering on her son, Demetrius Sutton, a young man grappling with the … Read more
The echoing silence of a desolate Sokovia is shattered by a lone figure, Yelena Belova, scavenging amidst the ruins, haunted by ghosts of a past she can’t outrun. A sudden tremor rocks the ground as a clandestine energy signature spikes, drawing the attention of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a woman whose motives are as shadowy … Read more
