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The haunting of Xene

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Baek Nephrios is used to being nothing—a bottom-tier F-Rank in a world where the System dictates your worth. Bullied at school, ignored at home, his only escape is the online haven he shares with six other outcasts: fellow F-Ranks who laugh about their misery by joking they should start a cult. It’s all fun and games… until their mock ritual in a cursed ruin breaks something. The System glitches. A corruption seeps in. An error that shouldn’t exist. It calls itself Xene, and it offers them power: strength to crush their tormentors, abilities that defy the System’s rigid rules. But Xene is hungry. The more they use its gifts, the more it rewrites them. Loyalty becomes obsession. Revenge turns to slaughter. Nephrios wanted to change the world, to make the ones who wronged him suffer. But as Xene rises, so does a terrifying question: Is he still leading the cult… or has something far worse taken control?
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Scions of the Cruel King

In Scions of the Cruel King, the Targaryen family drama is in full swing. After Aegon’s death, Aenys took the throne, but things quickly went south. Aenys wasn’t exactly a strong leader, and it didn’t take long before the Faith rose up against him. That’s when Maegor stepped in—furious and out for blood after the murder of Eleana. He crushed the rebellion with an iron fist. When Aenys died under some pretty shady circumstances, Maegor took over as king. But even though he was ruthless, the Faith remained a thorn in his side right up until his own brutal end in 48 A.L. Now, the story kicks off in 56 A.L., and the Targaryens are still in hot water. Jaehaerys, Aenys’s son, is holding down the fort as regent for his young cousin Vaegyl, Maegor’s son. The realm is a mess, full of uprisings and political scheming. Jaehaerys and his allies, like Gerold Westerling, are doing their best to keep the peace, but they don’t realize that Westerling and Ser Tybolt Lannister have their own plans. They’re secretly plotting to put Westerling’s grandson, Aegon, on the throne. As Vaegyl gets closer to coming of age, things start heating up. Old loyalties are questioned, hidden secrets come to light, and the shadow of Maegor’s brutal reign still hangs over everything. The fight for the Iron Throne is just beginning, and it’s going to get messy. If you’re into stories packed with power struggles, betrayals, and the Targaryens fighting for control of the Seven Kingdoms, Scions of the Cruel King is right up your alley. Want to get a head start on the action? Check out my Patreon at patreon.com/HalyxStark for early access to new chapters and exclusive content. Be the first to uncover the twists and turns of this epic saga!
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