Macmillan Children'S Books Competition

In the fractured realm of Aetherfall, the world teeters on the edge of rebirth or ruin. Ancient spirits stir. Kingdoms bleed. And five souls stand at the heart of it all—each bound by a past they did not choose, and a future they were never promised. Ezekiel Rhea never asked to be cast into this world. Still in his own body, still carrying the weight of who he was, he must navigate a land of spirits, prophecy, and war—where a silent bond with a primordial force begins to unravel not only fate, but himself. Luna Gadriel, born of mortal flesh and celestial blood, is destined for greatness. But divinity comes with a cost, and as war spreads, she must decide if she will become a savior—or another weapon forged by the will of others. Vanessa Van Vokhsina, the fallen vampire princess of a lost kingdom, wanders a world that has no place for her. Hunted, cursed, and alone, she seeks more than vengeance: she seeks a reason to keep living. Hanzel Gelliremo, the child of prophecy, was born to end the War of Times… or begin it anew. Torn between monstrous destinies, his every step risks tipping the balance between hope and extinction. Bartholomeow Tanchiniban, a soldier sworn to the Kingdom of Peace, watches as the ideals he’s sworn to uphold rot from the inside. Plagued by guilt, yet too afraid to resist, his path ends in the hands of the very person who forces him to question everything. Their fates collide across a war-torn land of gods and monsters, where spirit contracts, cursed bloodlines, and forgotten truths weave a tale of rebellion, redemption, and ruin. Not all of them will survive. Not all of them are meant to. But all of them will burn their mark into history.

Not to fall into the cycle of reincarnation within the vast world, The heart transmits the Dao among humans. Willing to wield a sword to end myriad calamities, Exchange ruthlessness for a world of emotions!

A giant tree popped up in the middle of the Atlantic ocean covering the world in a strange new radiation and because of it, people began to change. First, there are the Chosen. These super humans have only slight physical changes and yet can manifest amazing elemental powers. Next, you have the Infected. These humans have experienced large scale body changes which range from animal adaptations to simply grotesque body decomposition. Most are still normal and sane humans who attempt to adapt to life while being shunned by others. There are some however that have grown deranged and think themselves the rulers of the world. Our MC lives a somewhat lonely life while sometimes being accompanied by his rather senile yet kind grandfather. He has no idea where his parents went after they dropped him off a few years ago, so he has no choice but to stay here. He lives by the idea that he should just be air and not be noticed in the slightest. All of this goes ok until things start changing and Laz starts getting dragged around in many different directions. Welcome to a story of Gods, evolution, love, adult situations and basically bringing a bit of eastern fantasy to western civilization. Hope you enjoy the ride.

Seo Joon along with everyone else aged 15-30 are being forced to fight in monthly death games. As the population dwindles each "player" continues to grow in strength. Seo Joon, having a seemingly useless skill begins to feel hopeless in his survival until...

Rin walks a world that rejects him—its sky too quiet, its people too distant, and his own shadow unfamiliar. He doesn't know why. He only knows this: things break around him. People forget him. Time slips strangely through his fingers. He should’ve vanished long ago. But something keeps dragging him forward. In a land of war, sorcery, and ancient silence, Rin doesn’t seek glory. He barely seeks survival. Yet even the gods seem to watch him too closely… or not at all. This is not a story of a chosen hero. This is the story of someone the world doesn’t understand.

In a world addicted to noise, one family fights for peace. Across three generations, the descendants of Aziel Blacke slowly rebuild humanity—without racism, classism, weapons, or the internet. Their revolution doesn’t scream. It whispers. A slow fire that spreads through silence, wisdom, and legacy. This is not the end of the world. It’s the beginning of a better one.

In a remote village called Nandanpur, two best friends, Ishanvi and Abhay, travel 20 kilometers every day with their siblings to attend school. After losing their parents mysteriously in a flood on the day of their scholarship exam, the children grow up into successful professionals, only to discover years later that their parents might still be alive. As love blossoms between the siblings of both families, and a secret about Ishanvi and Abhay’s mysterious origins begins to unravel, the story weaves together friendship, ambition, love, and destiny in a tale filled with emotional depth and hidden truths.

[PARTS 100/100 PUBLISHED] [PARTS 93/100 REVISED AND EDITED] ⭐ Ranked #1 on Wattpad for "Cosmic Horror" and "Thought-provoking" Categories ⭐ Artwork for this novel is available on the Official DeviantArt Page here: https://www.deviantart.com/aizarikijaz ~ "EXISTENTIAL WOES", a song composed for this book and intended to be used for the trailer once its finished, is available on Spotify and Apple Music here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7ca13sfaeFENraFqAMNR1i?si=w612hymRSK2fC1xhFc146g https://music.apple.com/us/album/existential-woes-ep/1779593223 ~ The Official Instagram Page for "The Book of Abbadon" can be visited here: https://www.instagram.com/bookofabbadon/profilecard/?igsh=M2NyYnRuZm9iOHE= ... ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️ This story is targeted towards young adults and it contains Mature Content such as: - Vulgar Language - Graphic Depictions of Violence and Gore - Graphic Depictions of Sex and Nudity - Potentially Offensive Religious Themes You must be at least 18 years or older in order to read this story, and by reading it, you do so at your own risk. Reader's discretion is advised.

After they gave her an enernity of loyalty she the Beginning of all Concepts Gave her Children a life away from the chains that held her to forge their own DESTINY Now begins the Tales of the children of *** FAIR WARNING I WILL BE FORCACISSING ON LEON so it's more like the Tales of the child of *** but the other one will make an entrance soon (Also I don't use wifi so I will update when I get some data bundles but when I don't have it I will type the chapters in advance.) REALESE WILL BE 3 CHAPTERS A WEEK AND I I OFFLINE I WILL GIVE YOU THE REST WHEN I ONLINE

One-line summary: The female lead has a beautiful appearance and seemingly warm personality, but is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her. This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read: 1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly. It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them. (This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!) 2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2. The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him. 3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality. Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced). Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time. Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts. 4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend). 5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!

Hope you enjoy your stay.(⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧ Super slow update btw :33 Still no romance though:)))

When university student Theo Ramirez has a chance run-in with Officer Mara Delaney, a solitary and sharp-witted policewoman with a past she keeps tightly guarded, neither expects the encounter to spark an unlikely, age-gap friendship that reshapes both their lives. Set against the backdrop of a tense campus protest, institutional scrutiny, and public misinterpretation, Parallel Lines explores the fragile space between trust and assumption, intimacy and visibility. As Theo navigates accusations, alienation, and the weight of being “too close” to someone like Mara, the two form a bond that defies categorization—one forged not by romance, but by mutual recognition in a world that prefers simpler narratives. When whispers swell into hearings and headlines, both must decide how much they’re willing to risk to remain part of each other’s lives. Spanning years, careers, and quiet acts of devotion, Parallel Lines is a story about the quiet heroism of platonic love, the resilience of chosen connection, and what it means to stand beside someone—especially when the world tells you not to.

Lee Seongjin, the strongest hunter who defeated the demon king. He possessed the body of the pig tr*sh Third Prince, the Holy Imperial Family’s shame. But the members of this family… there’s something strange about them? ‘Overpowered’ Holy Emperor. ‘Regressor’ First Princess. ‘Player’ First Prince. Lots of trouble and lots of words The story of the Holy Emperor and his children.

A white star shines bright in the sky as beams of light take Earth everyone is transported to a new perilous realm.

In the far reaches of space, answers are currency—and some truths were buried for a reason. After unearthing fragments of ancient cosmic intelligence—the Hollow Stars—humanity was invited to join the Silver Council, a ruling force of ancient, enigmatic power presiding over a fragile interstellar order of the universe's intelligence species. Their gifts: protection, prosperity, and a place among the stars. Their price: silence, secrecy, and servitude. To maintain this order, the Council tasked its protectors. Enforcers maintain planetary peace. Blades chase lawbreakers across galactic borders and their starlanes. But few ever return the same. Sergeant Pierce Gage, a “Blank” whose mind lacks the spark of humanity, leads the Cloudjumpers—an elite Sword Company unit with a reputation for success and scars to match. His team includes a sharp-tongued Martian engineer, a loyalty-driven AI pilot haunted by human emotion, and soldiers forged in warzones no one talks about anymore. As their missions spiral deeper into the undercurrents of empire, Pierce begins to suspect the Council’s protection may be little more than a gilded cage—and the Hollow Stars might not be dead history, but something still watching. War is coming. Not between species or nations, but between those who know the truth... And those still willing to chase the lie.

In the year 22**, the world is carved between four towering powers — each ruled by steel, satellites, and synthetic control. But beyond their reach lies the wild expanse of Khanor, a vast frontier of wind-blasted grasslands, glacier-capped mountains, and shifting sands — home to the last unregistered people on Earth. The Khanori nomads have survived not through conquest, but through constant movement and sacred memory. Across thirteen tribes, they live by the will of the sky god Tengri, refusing cybernetic control, emotion chips, or AI dominion. They ride biomechanical steeds, wield heartbeat-forged blades, and shelter in high-tech yurts veiled from detection. But something ancient stirs. When a minor tribe is ambushed by the Zhongyan Authority, seers speak of an old legend: If the thirteen tribes unite, the Great Khan shall rise again — and with him, a storm no empire can contain. Powerful leaders emerge. Warlords rise. And hidden in the steppes, a child of forgotten blood walks the edge between tradition and transformation — unaware that his fate may ignite a war between sky and circuit, soul and system. The sky watches. Tengri waits.

The year is 2361. Humanity has conquered disease, defied death, and resurrected the past—but not even its brightest minds can explain the strange pulse beneath reality. Caelan Ravenwell sees things no one else does: whispers in his dreams, eyes in the dark, and a world that doesn’t belong to Earth. When he and his twin sister, Claire, receive living “gifts” that defy all science, their lives spiral out of control. Their father, the brilliant and grieving Jack Ravenwell, has secrets buried beneath layers of ambition… and some of them are clawing their way free. Then the Rift opens. Torn from their world, the Ravenwells are cast into **Drakhelm**—a brutal realm of dragons, bloodlines, and war. Here, dragons are more than beasts; they are legacy, power, and death. Taming one grants status beyond kings—but most who try are devoured. Claire bonds with a monster. Caelan with something far worse. What they’ve brought with them from Earth was never meant to be tamed. Bound by blood, hunted by fate, and haunted by a love lost to time, the Ravenwells must survive a world where the strong rule, the weak vanish, and the sky itself has fangs. *A tale of wonder and ruin, memory and monsters. Welcome to Drakhelm.* --- If you like fantasy with Dragons you will like this, if you like Dinosaurs you will also like this. If you love both then welcome to my story!

Deep beyond the village edge lies a forest that breathes secrets and devours silence. The locals call it the Hush — a living wilderness where missing children echo as whispers in the wind. When Rafi, a runaway haunted by family betrayal, stumbles into the hush’s grasp, he discovers he is not alone. There, he meets the braid girl — a fierce, half-wild survivor who knows how to barter with roots and shadows. Together, they forge an uneasy pact to navigate the forest’s cruel mind games, flesh-twisting guardians, and the unseen force that feeds on fear and memory. But the hush is hungry for more than bodies. It wants stories, secrets, and the fragile hearts that carry them. Each step deeper is a step closer to losing themselves — or becoming something not quite human at all. Children of the Hush: Season 1 is a chilling, mythic dark fantasy about lost youth, survival, and the primal terror that lives just beyond the last safe light. If you stray too far, remember: not all whispers are kind.

The Children of Adam and Eve Genre: Literary Fiction / Prehistoric Biblical Fantasy In a prehistoric world ravaged by chaos and cruelty, Adam and Eve flee the violence of early humanity and discover Eden—an untouched paradise, hidden by dense forests and guarded by mountains. There, they raise six children under a single, absolute rule: no outsiders. Any who enter must die. But as Cain, the eldest son, comes of age, he begins to question his father's laws. Dreaming of a more just and civilized society, Cain challenges Adam’s authority. Their ideological war tears the family apart, culminating in Cain's exile beyond Eden's borders. Three years later, Cain returns with a following—men, women, and children seeking refuge. Against his instincts, Adam allows them in. But peace is fragile. Tensions over leadership, trade, and belief begin to fracture the colony. When a failed assassination attempt nearly kills Cain, his siblings Abel and Aclima rise to defend their brother, plunging Eden into civil war. The war leaves Eden broken. To restore unity, Cain sacrifices Abel—casting him as the villain and exiling him into the wilderness. But years later, whispers of a rising army spread. Led by a mysterious warlord known only as Morningstar, the army marches for Eden. And so begins the great war—between the old world and the new, between blood and belief, between the legacy of paradise and the cost of power. The Children of Adam and Eve is a dark, literary epic that reimagines ancient myth through the lens of family, exile, and the burden of building a world from ruin.

Children of the Hush On the fringe of a forgotten village, a forest whispers to those who feel unseen. They call it the hush — an ancient hunger that lures runaways, broken children, and grief-stricken souls into its tangled embrace. Once it knows your name, it weaves your memories into its roots and devours the rest. Rafi never believed the hush could claim him — until the day he loses everything and flees into the trees. There he finds the braid girl, another lost child who survived by becoming part of the hush’s secret. Together, they navigate a nightmare of living bark, fossil mouths, and dreams that bleed through waking life. Season by season, they fight to carve their own path through this haunted forest. Each step brings revelations: the hush is no mindless monster, but a ritual born from old sorrow — and it grows smarter with every heart it consumes. When new runaways crown themselves kings and prophets of the hush, Rafi must choose: destroy the forest’s mind once and for all — or let it seed a new generation of shadows and bones. In the end, not all children escape unchanged. Some become guardians. Some become stories. And some remain, silent as the roots, to warn those who dare listen: not all whispers are kind.

When you die from working three jobs everyday on top of going to class, naturally the next thing to do is to rest in peace. So why was it such a different scenario for Isolde Margareth? Attending class in the morning, working as a dishwasher at a diner at noon, and moving boxes all night. Not to mention working at a hotel for an entire day on weekend, Isolde knew nothing in her life but excruciating hardwork and overexhaustion. When her body finally gave in and she collapsed midshift and on to the dirty, unmopped kitchen floor at her job. She, at the very least, had hoped she'd finally find peace in the afterlife. Unfortunately, god had other plans. Waking up in a strange situation, Isolde found herself in an entirely different world she had no clue of whatsoever. Now working as a detective, she found a new passion she had no idea she had a knack for! Unfortunately the overexhaustion part seemed to be a lifelong deal on her soul. As she works on the strange case of House Madeleine, Isolde thought it was just another case of tragedies from rich, noble families taking advantage of their wealth and fame. But as she stuck her nose deeper and deeper into the case, she found more than what she dared to know. What truth will be revealed once she cracks the case of House Madeleine's crazy children? And does she really want to know? The truth may be too heavy to endure.

#Wrestling #Sports #Business #Showbiz #Booking "When the lights turn off, the ring becomes empty, and the fans walk away, I want to see their anger, hate, tears, joy, frustration, and vindication. In short, I want them to remember those 90 minutes they paid for." Rob Williams has one goal in his life. To bring pro wrestling to the heights he had experienced in his previous life. Unfortunately, it is not that easy to do. In a world where pro wrestling is considered to be a niche sport, that barely receives any recognition, Rob Williams has his job cut out for him. But, his passion and bold ideas alone won't help him much when he has to battle on all fronts. Some called him a madman. Some see him as a delusional fool dreaming of something impossible. But, there were others who called him a genius, even a visionary. But, Rob was just a man who worked towards a single dream. A stadium full of fans, cheering and booing as he envisioned!!!

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Christ Donald, once a man burdened by misfortune and regret, never imagined he'd open his eyes in another world. But what seemed like a blessing... will soon unfold as a curse.

The vampires have claimed dominion over humanity. In the Golden Cities, they rule beneath artificial light. In the ruined shadows, humans endure as slaves—forgotten, broken, and fading. Arisha, daughter of an extinct bloodline, lives trapped between two worlds: too human for the vampires, too immortal for the living. Her very existence is a silent act of rebellion in an empire of darkness. Baco, the legendary sun‑walker, carries both resurrection and ruin in every drop of his blood. When their paths cross, prophecy, betrayal, and forbidden desire ignite a chain of events that could bring down the world they know. In a realm where hope is hunted, only the children of the last light can defy fate.

After another betrayal by her husband, Hera, The Queen of the Olympus, decided to conceive again alone. This time she forsakes power for beauty, but Zeus, enraged by her actions, order Aphrodite to curse the two newborns. Follow the journey of the cursed children of The Queen. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° They will be born physically weaker than minor gods, but still gods and with powerful divinity. No harem. No Ntr. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° The cover is not mine, I found it on the internet. If the author recognizes his work and wants me to, I will change it or I will simply give the credit.