Ancient Rome. The sun blazes over an empty, sandy arena scattered with broken pillars and jagged stones. Two gladiators face off: our hero, armored simply with sword, shield, and helmet, and his opponent—a lean retiarius draped in a crimson manica, armed with an obsidian-tipped trident and a weighted net, known for darting, taunting, and deadly ambushes. Between them stands the Summa Rudis, solemn in his white tunic striped with imperial purple, wooden staff in hand, ready to referee, intervene, or declare victory. Honor, glory, and vengeance hang in the hot, tense air.

A complex fantasy world set in Anuire, part of the continent of Cerilia. The realm is divided into various political entities including duchies, free cities, and territories ruled by wizards and warlords. The primary conflict centers around the fractured Church of Haelyn, god of kings, war, and justice, with different sects interpreting his teachings in various ways. A crusade has been declared by one sect against a tyrannical ruler, causing political and religious turmoil across the land.

In the perpetual Antarctic night of 1928, Captain Ulpianus and his crew of Abyssal Hunters anchor above an impossible city four thousand fathoms deep. They've brought something aboard—an artifact that's unraveling reality itself, awakening what should never wake.

Thirteen years since Troy fell, and the wine-dark sea still refuses to yield its grip. Captain a salt-stained ship through divine wrath and mortal weakness, where every island hides a test and each choice carves your legend—or your doom—into the bones of the deep.

Murder at Wrenfield Court A baronet lies dead in his locked study, and the storm has trapped everyone inside. Behind the drawing room's polite smiles and whispered condolences, someone is hiding a killer's secret—and Miss Iris Vale intends to smoke it out before the inspector settles for the obvious answer.

The Iron Lotus

In the shadow of Victoria Harbour, stolen nuclear secrets change hands beneath crystal chandeliers and cigarette smoke. Two MI6 operatives — one brilliant and unorthodox, one loyal and lethal — must infiltrate Madame Xiu's glittering casino empire before the Cold War turns scorching hot. ---

The beautiful and charming capital of Aragorn. It's the season of matchmaking and all the noble families are attending regular galas to get their children married. The queen's son, the Prince, is rumored to also be looking for a match this year

San Francisco, 1962. Advertising executive Graham Holloway is mistaken for a dead courier and framed for murder, plunging him into a deadly Cold War conspiracy. With assassins, federal agents, and a mysterious blonde all hunting him, Graham must navigate a world of double-crosses and stolen secrets to survive.

The Raven's Wing lies silent in Hovvik harbor, her oars shipped and her deck empty of the crew who murdered her captain. Áslaug Ketilsdóttir inherits more than a ship and bloodstained land—she inherits a choice between honor that will destroy her family and survival that will devour her soul, while Jarl Hákon's smile promises protection with the teeth of a trap.

In Shanghai's glittering International Settlement, expatriate society obsesses over titles and pedigrees while fortunes crumble and identities blur. An American heiress arrives with money and ambition, seeking a coronet in a world where everyone's credentials are suspect and no one admits what they're fleeing.

Prince Eduard of a forgettable principality wedged between powerful neighbors must navigate courtly disasters, diplomatic blunders, and his own spectacular inadequacy. The throne room is full, the treasury is empty, and everyone expects him to fix problems he barely understands.

In a turn-of-the-century American town where Victorian propriety masks devastating secrets, childhood friends Parris Mitchell and Drake McHugh navigate forbidden loves, class divisions, and the brutal price of small-town judgment. As innocence shatters and tragedy strikes, they must discover whether friendship and hope can survive the darkness.

Four dysfunctional swordsmen must recover a mysterious box they accidentally sold—before it starts a war, ruins the Queen, or gets them all killed. In 1626 Paris, where everyone lies and nobody's sure what they're actually fighting for, loyalty might be the most dangerous choice of all.

In 1937, Indiana Jones races Nazi agents and shadowy industrialists to unlock the submerged ruins of Atlantis before a rare planetary alignment triggers ancient defenses. But the deeper he dives, the more he suspects some secrets were meant to stay buried beneath the waves.

Second case for Alex Drake & Thomas Calder

Malta, 1966. Beneath the glittering surface of NATO diplomacy, someone is cutting the West's lifelines—one undersea cable at a time. When the sabotage pattern syncs with a royal visit, MI6's most mismatched operatives must navigate yacht parties and ocean depths to stop a conspiracy that wears Savile Row suits and quotes Greek philosophy while engineering chaos.

In the shadow of Emperor Domitian's paranoia, a disgraced Praetorian turned street detective uncovers a conspiracy that could ignite civil war—or make him the scapegoat for Rome's most powerful predators. One dead slave girl, one impossible seal, and suddenly everyone wants Marcus Corvus silenced before he learns which side hired him to begin with.

Sou um pequeno mercador

In Salvation Creek, Kansas, 1889, moral decay festers beneath a veneer of frontier respectability. As a newcomer to this isolated prairie town, you'll navigate a community where everyone knows everyone's sins - and chooses to look away. Can you survive in a place where corruption is the only constant?

Birmingham, 1921. The Shelby family's criminal empire teeters between legitimacy and destruction as stolen weapons, rival gangs, and a relentless inspector converge. In the smoke-choked streets, every alliance is temporary and betrayal lurks behind every handshake.