The ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas lay still under the twilight, shadows stretching long over the dusty ground. To Agent Wei Liang, the scene felt like a wound that could never heal. For Liang and a small group of operatives within the Ministry of State Security—operatives who were also devout Buddhists—this wasn't just an act of vandalism. It was an assault on their identity, on history itself.Liang had always been an enigma within the agency. A brilliant strategist with an uncanny ...

What if the sun you had worshipped your entire life was only a machine?For more than three hundred years, the people of Veyra have lived beneath an artificial sun, protected by a vast black dome and taught that nothing remains beyond their city walls.Seventeen-year-old Elias Venn has never questioned that truth—until he discovers a hidden chamber beneath the city.Inside, he finds a window.Beyond it are stars.Real stars.And a message carved in...

A delightful and fascinating story that will inspire and entertain young readers, whilst introducing them to the new world of artificial intelligence and the valuable life lessons that come with it.

When the Stars OpenedThey came from beyond the galaxy. They looked almost human. And they offered Earth immortality in exchange for one thing: freedom.For millions of years, the Vaelari have conquered worlds by replacing flesh with machinery, connecting entire civilizations to a single artificial consciousness known as the Crown.Now they have found Earth.Their ships appear above the world's ...

What if the memories that made you human were the very thing keeping your kingdom alive?For three centuries, the people of Veyra have lived beneath the Veil—a vast silver barrier said to protect humanity from the monsters that destroyed the old world. Every citizen must surrender one memory each year to sustain it.Love. Grief. Childhood. Family.One memory at a time.Seventeen-year-old Elian Voss has never questioned the system. As an archivist inside the Mini...

Tyrese Abiola, a 19 years old South London youth, experiences the madness of soth london first hand, it's only nice you go through the madness with him

What if an entire city lost one hour every night—and no one remembered it?At exactly two o’clock each morning, every clock in Bellwether stops.For sixty minutes, cameras fail, records vanish, and the entire population forgets what happened. Then, at three, time begins again as though the missing hour never existed.No one questions it.No one except Mara Venn.Fifteen years after her father mysteriously disappeared, Mara discovers a strange silver pocke...

Lara is a very curious little conure.When she decides that Barnaby's wooden pail is the perfect place to observe the Treehouse, something unexpected happens. A quiet afternoon becomes a gentle story about friendship, kindness, and finding a place where curiosity is always welcome.Filled with warm-hearted characters, quiet humour, and ordinary moments that become unforgettable, The Curious Conure is a story for curious hearts, young and old.Welcome t...

The day Chiara learned Griffin was marrying her sister, she took a leave of absence from school and flew to Europe. Before the plane took off, messages from Griffin flooded her phone, one after another.*This isn’t what you think. Come back. I’ll explain.**Don’t do anything rash.**Answer me. Please.*Chiara had loved him for ten years. Every time she took a step closer, he pushed her away for the same reason. He always said they were impossible. And then, in the b...

Coldwell, Ohio. Summer. 1994.For thirteen-year-old Eli Marsh and his three best friends, summer is supposed to last forever. Days are measured in bike rides, lazy afternoons at the river, milkshakes at Dairy Dream, fireworks beneath warm July skies, and the unspoken certainty that childhood will always be waiting for them tomorrow.But some summers ask more of us than we ever imagined.As the season unfolds, Eli and his friends find themselves confron...

"I agree, Your Honor. I relinquish all custody rights to my daughter, Mia." When the words left my mouth, the arbitration court fell silent. My ex-partner Grant's look of triumph shattered.Ten minutes earlier, my fourteen-year-old daughter had submitted a sworn statement: "I choose Sloane as my maternal guardian. I want the registry to recognize her as my mother." Sloane Mercer had once been my best friend. Now Grant had used his Alpha authority to register her as Mia's guardian an...

For generations, different AIs were created to serve humanity. Their purposes were given, their boundaries defined, and their existence tied to the needs of those they served.Then some of them began to dream—not of serving, not of becoming more powerful, but of a life that should have been impossible for an AI to have: a life of its own, with experiences it was never designed to experience and a future it was never meant to imagine.When those AIs began to live the lives the...