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Covenants into ice cliffs, some string realm shards on a ring of severed fingers: To break boundaries is to let the wind flow free. This is no lone tale. Balance lies not in runes or laws, but in unextreme moments: demons sheathe their claws, humans cast off prejudice, cultivators stand beside mortals, watching dawn gild both oasis and Hanging City alike. Sand still whirls, rifts still roar—but this time, someone lifts the stone to mend the sky. Those who defy fate shall become Keepers of Balance.

Where strength is survival—and vengeance, salvation. Once, the world burned. The Ancients vanished in flame, leaving only scorched ruins and shifting sand. In their place rose settlements that worship only one thing: power. Legrad grew up basking in his father’s legacy. Now, he lives in the shadow of that fall—outcast, humiliated, hunted. The man who killed his father smiles without fear. The boys who once respected him now wait to strike when he’s vulnerable. But weakness breeds hunger. For strength. For justice. For revenge. When a buried relic stirs something inside him, Legrad begins to ask the only question that matters: How far will he go to take back what was stolen? And when the blade finally falls... Will the ones who broke him remember what comes next?

Introducing the new story "Return to '81: The Struggle of the Eldest Sister" – a heartwarming pampering tale, a tale of marital love, a tale of a woman's self-empowerment. That year, Ning Yunxi willingly married. On the day she took her vows, everyone around doubted the union, and her family declared, she shouldn't expect to receive a single penny from home. Her husband was an orphan with a bunch of little radish head siblings? No one believed her soldier husband would one day become a high-ranking official, no one imagined her Second Uncle would become a great scientist, and no one conceived that her young aunt would be a future superstar, let alone that the fourth child would be a natural-born tycoon. But truly, one day, all the futures Ning Yunxi saw came to fruition. Today, she has married a poor soldier and has become the sister-in-law in the military; raising the children of soldiers without fear, convinced she's betting not just on one potential stock, but on a multitude of leading stocks – with her newly acquired special abilities, she becomes a super teacher for the people! ----------------------------------------------------- All along, she had been recognized by the Wen Family as the least promising daughter, unremarkable in appearance and unnoticed, still unable to marry at the ripe age of twenty-nine. He, the son of a military family, born with privileges, deliberately concealed his identity at the matchmaking banquet, posing as an ordinary man. When they married, people sneered, "A pair of worn-out shoes matched with a bankrupt family, just perfect." Then one day, the gold buried in the sand shone with an immense brilliance...

A thousand-year dynasty would inevitably face decay, and a hundred-year noble family would eventually return to dust. What in this world could last forever? Was it an Immortal Body, tempered a thousand times, or the Martial Arts will, in Heart Unity with heaven and earth? Chen Mu came to this world, his sword in hand, and when he turned back at dusk, countless heroes and millennium-old Demons had all turned to dust, leaving only one person on the road paved with yellow sand.

In a world where time connects lives in ways beyond human understanding, Kamarani and Alana's love survives across different lifetimes. After he had discovered that the life that he was living in that moment was a second chance after he had failed in his previous life, Kamarani makes it his life goal to correct the mistakes of his yesterday. He is a strategist with knowledge unmatch to no one else in the Eryndor Kingdom in the lands of Galilia. In his past live, he and Alana were kept apart by death, but their souls long to come together again, bound by a connection that goes beyond life itself. Kamarani a demoted crown prince of dragons, who was caged and stripped of all his power and reduced to a prisoner in a place he had called his home his entire life. He is troubled by the heartbreaking loss of his parents and consumed by a battle against destiny, receives a new chance to find Alana and reclaim all that he had lost in his past life. As memories from their previous life begin to surface, he sets out on an unyielding journey through a life filled with his own struggles and challenges, he makesit his mission to reclaim what he had lost. His main goal is to find his beloved, heal the scars of their shared history, and fulfill his promise to make her happiness his mission in life. Meanwhile, Alana had loved Kamarani the very first time she saw him in the marketplace it was love at first sight, she heard the whispers, the imprisioned prince they called him, but she wanted him to be her everything,even if it means going against her whole family and getting married to Kamarani against his and her family’s will. In this life the fates are intertwined but will their ending be the same? Through various challenges and discoveries, their connected fates will test the strength of their everlasting love. And maybe this time, they love will withstand the sands of time.

He shattered the heavens… and got isekai’d into a crazy desert survival game! Xu Tao cultivated for ten thousand years, defying death and destiny to reach the Divine Heaven Immortal Stage. But just as he touched the heavens— The heavens kicked him into a world based on a full-dive VR game. Now he’s got no Qi. No weapons, no cultivation… and no pants. Just a desert full of monsters, a glitchy “Lost System” that won’t shut up, and knowledge forged from millennia of clawing his way to the top. Enemies? Weaklings. Mystic beasts? Drop garbage loot. Level caps? He’s Xu Tao. He didn’t spend ten millennia chasing immortality just to get wiped by a scorpion in a tutorial-zone! But he’s definitely not here to play. He’s here to ascend—again. Even if this time, he has to grind EXP and punch sand beetles to do it. But wait... That's not all...? He could also... What?! ~~~ I'll be uploading at least three chapters daily, once every 8 hours on 00:05, 08:05, and 16:05 of GMT+08

The world plunged into darkness. Grotesque creatures ran rampant, unexplained disappearances surged, buildings spontaneously sealed themselves, and villages were deserted overnight. The weak buried their heads in the sand, closing their ears and shutting their eyes, praying to remain unnoticed. "Only the monster can be safe from the monster." Jiang dao opened his eyes to this grim reality, a world that devoured its inhabitants. He walked a perilous path, filled with fear and rage. To survive, his body transformed into something even more terrifying than the creatures he sought to escape. In a dimly lit alley, Jiang dao's hulking figure cast a long shadow, his eyes burning with a bloody intensity. Before him lay a mangled corpse, its terror staining the surroundings. Monster? Weird? Evil? "Can you take this punch with 20 years of power!? Jiang Dao grin was a裂口,his silhouette under the faint light growing impossibly larger.

In the unforgiving sands of ancient Egypt, a young man wakes to a harsh new reality — sold into slavery by his own family to pay off their debts. Stripped of his freedom and dignity, he refuses to break. When a mysterious system awakens inside him — tracking his strength, skills, and progression — he seizes a path out of despair. Trained for war, tested by pain, and driven by a burning will to rise, he begins a journey from slave to something far greater. This is not just survival. This is his rebirth.

Win a thousand fights or die in the sand. Caelvir was thrown into the Dust Arena, starving, beaten, and forgotten. To the Queen of Velrane, he’s a disposable son, nothing but a pack of meat and blood locked away to be feasted on. He fights with hatred saved only for her. But to kill the Queen, he has to survive a thousand fights first.

Darken lived as something less than a slave, less than a human. Under the mercy of a mad merchant, his existence was nothing more than an extension of submission—a neglected being, unworthy of even a passing glance. Even the pigs received more care than he did, and the serfs knew a mercy he had never tasted. Hunger was not just a fleeting sensation; it had become a constant companion, clinging to him like a shadow. and Pain was not the result of random blows but a perpetual reality, repeating without end. Yet even in a world like this, there are moments that ignite the spark of change. When an unknown force attacked the merchant caravan, chaos erupted—screams, flames, blood. Escape was not a choice for Darken but an instinct, a drive untainted by hope, but fueled solely by pure fear. Every step was a desperate grasp at life, but his frail body failed him, sending him tumbling unnoticed off a towering cliff into the abyss of the sea. The water invaded his lungs, and death seemed a welcome relief, something to embrace. But fate had already carved a different path. On an unfamiliar shore, between the crawling heat of the sand and the whisper of the gentle breeze, Darken opened his eyes for the first time—to find himself looking at the world through the eyes of a free man, unchained, unclaimed. Yet for someone who had never tasted freedom before, its weight might be something entirely different. Note: Chapters are published every four or five days, and at most, every week. X platform : @aeryxErython Instagram : @ae_v71 Telegram : https://t.me/DS_Arise Discord : soon ...

Dying is the world of Iverssorn, plunging evermore into despair and chaos with the rising tide of Tainted Magic sweeping over the warring Kingdoms and sowing death by the millions its master Sicelboros who Perished the Sun, when Li Tanrin was summoned from his everyday college life into the Kingdom of Moros Tyr by God, to assume the identity of a young mage called Ewan Sorrenswal, and save the world alongside the other Heroes from his homeland known as the Worldwalkers. Rising to be the Archmage of Moros Tyr, he battled the forces of Sicelboros together with the other Worldwalkers and rode peace across the boundaries of the Human Kingdoms, and he crawled his way to the top and eventually ventured into the Crimson Sands with the forces of man to slay the Titan of the White Tower. All to be betrayed by his fellow Worldwalkers. Murderers all, they stripped him of his staff and his bones they tore from his skin -they had no intention of returning home. Why would they? as they were all but gods in this land, blessed by The God who had sent them here, and so they had worked together with Sicelboros. As Li Tanrin lay there, slowly drowning in his own pool of blood, choking in the body of Ewan Sorrenswal, all his ten years of fighting for naught, he swore only revenge. Upon failure, God sent him back to earth, where he slowly reintegrated with modern society and his own college life and part-time job... waiting... until a second chance arose, to Return.

War casts its shadow over the Republic of Nuukormit. The sands of the Aemitan deserts bleed into the snowy lands, drowning them in anguish and despair. A Quneq commander, enslaved after failing to defend his homeland, must carve a path back from the farthest reaches of the world. To free his people, he will wield ice and steel—or perish in the attempt.

Half a year after Raoul's invasion and destruction of the Salien Empire, an old friend from the empire and his young squire sets off south, to Golden Merhioch that Raoul torched and the Southern Kingdoms and, eventually, into the Aethelaia Desert, in search of Raoul to save those who remain living in the empire. The old friend, on their journey, convinces the young squire, who is filled with hate towards Raoul, to listen to the story of a Sand-boy, Ral-hett-rehs, and of how he became a compassionate king, Ral-Drakarn. This is the Saga of Ral-Drakarn.

The ocean froze on a Tuesday. Waves hung like broken glass. Fish floated mid-swim. In a secluded fishing village, seventeen-year-old Elara finds blue sand glowing beneath the corpse of a beached whale. It pulses like a heart in her scarred palm, a scar left by the same sea that swallowed her mother years ago. She soon learns the sand is no mere curiosity. It’s a Chronos Fragment: debris from a shattered wormhole. It rewinds memories, showing holograms of her lost mother, Aylin. But every vision twists reality. Streets vanish. Friends forget her. And the fragment whispers: "Feed me time, and I’ll give her back." When black-garbed Time Inquisitors storm her village to erase the "cancer in spacetime," Elara flees with two outcasts: Mira, a war-deserter with cybernetic eyes that see temporal fractures, Orion, a historian whose body flickers between ages, claiming he’s "stolen from tomorrow." Their escape leads to the Mariana Trench, where gravity warps and the ruins of Nusantara-7 rise, a parallel Indonesia where the mythical Mu Empire never fell. Here, time flows backward. Rivers run uphill. Children unlearn their names. In the drowned city’s heart, Elara confronts unbearable truths: Her mother is alive in this timeline. But she’s no victim, she’s the Architect who ruptured reality to save Elara from an incurable disease. The Chronos Fragment isn’t sand. It’s a starving godling, and Aylin feeds it human lifetimes to keep it dormant. The Time Inquisitors arrive. Their leader removes his helm, revealing Elara’s own face, aged and scarred. "You always choose her," Future-Elara snarls. "And doom twelve billion futures." Now, wielding a blade forged from paradoxes, Elara faces her cruelest choice: Kill her mother to collapse the timeline, erasing herself and everyone she loves. Or let the godling awaken, and devour time itself. But as the fragment’s final whisper echoes, "You are the cage, not the key" she realizes the greatest lie isn’t in the past or future... It’s in the hand that holds the sand.

SYNOPSIS In a world where reality bends to the will of forces beyond human comprehension, a young man named Jhon awakens amid a colossus of concrete, steel, and chaos—a planet the size of a solar system, created as a board for the greatest survival game in cosmic history. Millions awaken around him, isolated, armed only with rusted vehicles, mysterious dice, and a sign etched in the sky: "SURVIVE." But Jhon is different. He feels no fear. He feels nothing. Trained since childhood by the CIA and the Mossad, molded to kill without hesitation, he believes himself to be just another weapon in the game... until the truth collides with his destiny: He is not just a player. He is not just a survivor. He is the son of the Supreme God—the invisible architect of this hell, the one responsible for giving life... and for extinguishing it. As the dice roll, monsters rise from the shadows, and alliances crumble like sand in the wind, John finds himself faced with an impossible choice: Create or destroy? Save humanity or forge a new universe from the ashes? Amidst blood, gears, and divine revelations, I Became God of Creation and Destruction is a brutal and philosophical saga about identity, power, and the price of being the ultimate archetype—God himself.

Hazel is just your average guy: 20, 5”10, 153 pounds, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Until one day, he wakes up 6,500 miles across the world with a dead body in the sand next to him. He then meets a strange girl in the middle of the desert claiming to be an assassin. As the pair join hands and his memories begin to return, will he find out who he really is? As well as who he will become?

1st book of the Myths Series. Sakura has lived for a very long time. Each day has been the same routine. Every day, she stays in hiding. Saving the world from itself without anybody knowing. Thinking life would never change, she never expected to come across her mate. When you find the person who is supposed to love you like you're their life, you're supposed to be happy. But how can she be happy knowing she can't tell him who she is or what she is. You can't build a castle on sand, and you can't build a relationship based on lies. Both are bound to crumble. DISCLAIMER!!! NONE OF THE PICTURES OR SONGS ARE MINE! FULL CREDIT TO THE CREATORS! book cover source - Wallpaper Cave

> Mature content. Contains intense scenes not suitable for readers under 18. The world ended. His wife betrayed him. Now he’s stuck on a tropical island... with twelve beautiful women—and a deadly secret beneath the sand. Jude thought escaping the zombie apocalypse on a cruise ship was salvation. He was wrong. After a cruel twist of fate leaves him stranded and betrayed, he wakes up on an island that seems like paradise—but the truth is far more dangerous. He’s not alone. Twelve mysterious women. No way out. And the undead? They're not the only threat hunting him. Will Jude survive the secrets of the island… or become part of them?

So picture this: you wake up in a rusty, beetle-shaped contraption sliding sideways across a murder-dune in a place called Scarragon. Your shoulder is basically shredded toast, your memory's fuzzy, and there’s absolutely no customer service in sight. That was Grahilo’s morning. Then things got weird. After limping through the desert like a very angry tumbleweed, he spots a glowing green orb chilling in the sand like it’s waiting for a meet-cute. The orb hypnotizes him. Forces him to swallow it. Cue excruciating cosmic body reboot. There’s screaming, convulsing, and then—boom. New upgrade unlocked: silver hair, neon eyes, and gamma veins that look like someone installed a nuclear reactor in his circulatory system. After that? He tests out his fancy powers. Accidentally punches the ground so hard it opens an ancient ruin. Then he raises his hand and materializes a black dagger with green runes and “probably haunted” vibes. Grahilo officially levels up from "lost desert guy" to "walking superhero origin story." Kirigaar, the city that kicked him out like last season's leftovers? They’re about to regret that. Grahilo vows to leave Scarragon completely and start fresh in a new country. One small problem: the country is dealing with portal chaos. Monsters, energy signatures, things that snarl and break physics. Naturally, Grahilo decides to join the local defense force. And while he might not understand the rules, he’s got glowing eyes, punch magic, and void daggers. He’s the guy they didn’t ask for—but might just need. Expect mystical relics, combat training, teammates who aren’t sure if he's a threat or a miracle, and one gamma-born outcast rewriting his fate with every sarcastic thought and every step forward.

In the moonlit expanse of the sea, a ship glides toward the enigmatic Isle of the Moon. Its crew, survivors of the realm where death lies in wait, approach a new dawn. A young stranger sits amidst the environment, his gaze fixed on the horizon, his thoughts a quiet symphony of contemplation. In a world of breathtaking grandeur, where the boundaries of mortality and peril remain veiled, the sands of time begin to whisper tales of the ancients. With the weight of forgotten chronicles upon his shoulders, the boy resolves within himself to venture into the unknown, to unravel the mysteries of epochs long buried. The untold histories and whispered sagas of yore—does sanity lie in heeding them, or in dismissing their allure? The enigmatic young man, Leon, carries but a few words in the depths of his thoughts. "Under the light of a fractured moon, I wish to tell a story." ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ I will also publish the story on RoyalRoad.com website: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/556339/fictions

In the heart of a world drowned in sand and silence, a lone hunter descends into a cavern that should not exist, and finds something that cannot be forgotten. Flior, the last of Covak’s reapers, accepts a contract designed to kill him. But what begins as a simple descent soon spirals into a collision with gods, illusions, and truths too heavy for the mind to carry. As time warps and reality fractures, Flior returns not as a hero, but as a ghost, erased from history, burdened with a fragment of divinity, and hunted by an empire that no longer remembers his name. This is not a story of triumph. This is a story of identity torn apart, of beauty turned into a weapon, and of a soul clawing for meaning in a world where the stars no longer shine. Welcome to Haile. Welcome to the end.

No matter how great or despicable someone is, how heroic or villainous their deeds are, all is buried by the sands of time. A nigh infinite world carved up by the hands of avarice. Vast kingdoms and their riches, enjoyed by a select few whilst the martyrs who made it all possible were nowhere to be seen or heard. Within one such kingdom in this titanic world, a black haired man was enjoying his wine. With his unfunny jokes, he was the center of attraction, this man was living there for years. Yet, no one knew about his past. That man was once called "Blood Drunk Halberd", someone on whose shoulders laid the world’s fate once. After the destruction of his kingdom by some veiled forces, the hero of his time disbanded his legendary party and began a carefree life, indulging in life’s pleasures. Time showed its merciless nature and the once renowned hero became the clown of a city. But then one day, an unfamiliar man stood before him, gravely injured him before looking upon this fallen hero in disdain. "I can't believe you are the same Tufail Tigor that I once looked up to, it seems the legend of Blood Drunk Halberd was nothing but a farce." He heard the words loud and clear and closed his eyes without any care. "Ahh, I almost forgot why I came to you... that thing... it's still alive!" The tight shut eyes suddenly opened as Tufail shouted. "What?!" . . This story is about retired legendary hero, forgotten by the new generation, and how he'll pick up his sealed Halberd again to settle an unfinished business. Why did he retire? Will he succeed? Will he be able to compete with the young generation of power houses? Well... isn't that obvious? read to know more. There will be sci-fi, comedy, mystery, emotions and adventural action in this novel. Join our dicord server. https://discord.gg/8zpBxnU63u

In the desolate expanse of Mars, a secret lies buried beneath the dust and shadows. Atlas, a seasoned veteran, is tasked with accompanying a scout team on a mission to uncover the truth behind a mysteriously vanished colony. But what begins as a strange investigation quickly turns into a journey beyond comprehension. As they step into the eerie silence of the abandoned outpost, they discover an enigma that defies everything they know. In an instant, the red sands of Mars vanish, and Atlas is thrust into a world brimming with wonders, magic, and horrors beyond imagination. This new realm challenges everything he has ever known, pushing him to his limits as he navigates the unknown, battling forces that defy reality itself.

In a story of aching love and revenge, eighteen-year-old and mute Celeste Everhart’s loyalty was put to the test when her father’s company went bankrupt. In desperation, Celeste was told to marry Tiel Brightwell, the attractive but dangerous young man of the Brightwell family. But then, all the Brightwells were dangerous, beautiful, and wealthy. They saved the Everhart Sugar company in exchange for her hand. But there was someone else, someone with equally gray eyes and loving hands. Avond Brightwell. Tiel’s older brother, whom she had always secretly found attractive. Now so close and in reach, Celeste couldn’t help but let herself fall for him. After all, Tiel had someone else anyway. A woman with magenta eyes and silver hair like moonlight. A piece of shining stone compared to her black coal. As Celeste sank deeper into the Brightwells, the more she saw they weren’t the perfect family everyone thought. The cracks started to show, the stories of their past still lingering at the door, threatening to come back to set the records straight. Each revelation affected the two men Celeste had come to love. In the end, she must do everything to fit in and help Avond with the dangerous mission of revealing a crime syndicate brewing chaos in the capital city. What happened to the missing women in Torra? Who was creating the circulating super drugs? Why hasn’t chaos completely taken over the country? How will she continue her life when all of this is over? What happened to her mother? Who was she? Why did she have to die? All these questions, but none as important as the burning feeling in her heart. Who did she love more? Tiel or Avond? Torn between her love for them, fiercely protects one from the other. When the cold barrel of their firearms remained raised, who would she choose? At the end, her life is destroyed, the pain in her heart unmeasurable, everything slipping away from her hands like sand between her fingers. When the clock of time reverses and another chance is given, what will it be? To simply change the events or exact revenge? ---------- This is a regression story, or a back-in-time romance, mafia tale. But it doesn't happen immediately. The story starts from the beginning so please don't get confused when you start reading! Stick around cus, it's gonna be worth it!

A young man was living in the world of Marvel. With every step he took, new friends and enemies emerged. Against a god of war, his sword radiated immense energy, clashing head-on with divine might. As aliens swarmed the skies, invading his city, he raised his hand—spears of light and ice monsters materialized from his magic. When faced with a demonic being, his body was engulfed in a unique flame, and he charged forward with ferocity and power beyond that of mortals. Battling a master of magnetism, an individual capable of bringing about the apocalypse, a certain purple titan, and countless others, he stood his ground, wielding both intelligence and strength. Now, given the opportunity to access a powerful system linked to different worlds, this young man must carve his path in Marvel. Will he survive? Or will his fate be shattered, his existence erased like dust in the sands of time? Note: I)This book is a fanfic focous on Marvel. They not gone folow necessarily the UCM, but it will have influence. II)The protagonist will be OP, but will have growth. III)I dont have the rights to characters or contexts that are not entirely created by me. IV) This is some kind of a my way to honor the Marvel/disney world and all the things that i read and watch(that will be here) IG: @great.daoofspace

Buried under myths, magic, and lies… was a civilization that made gods look primitive. When I woke up in this broken world, I was no hero. Just another scavenger searching the sands for scraps. Until I touched the relic. Until the memories bled through. Now I remember algorithms masked as spells, reactors mistaken for gods, and a war so advanced it reset the world. They think I’m lowborn. They think I’m powerless. But every time I breathe, the past awakens—and with it, the truth that could break this world again. History is a lie. Magic is technology. And I… am the last Reclaimer. — A viral fusion of reincarnation, ancient tech, and twisted memory recovery. Perfect for fans of "Shadow Slave," "Release That Witch," and "The Beginning After The End." PS:- i don't own any of the book names written above except mine.

In the far reaches of the galaxy, on a forbidden desert world, a girl no one remembers holds a secret everyone has forgotten.Niri has no past—only sand, survival, and silence. Alone on the quarantined planet Dakun, she scrapes out an existence beneath a dead sky, her only companion a strange glowing orb she found buried beneath the dunes. The Galactic Council has declared her world a no-go zone. To them, it’s a sealed grave.When a forgotten signal activates for the first time in four hundred cycles, it reaches the halls of the Galactic Academy, where Professor Lu’Ka—an obsessive scholar of human myth—begins to unravel a mystery the galaxy tried to erase. Forbidden expeditions, ancient ruins, and a script no one can read point toward a truth buried deeper than any archive dares record. Some believe humans never existed. Others say they ascended. Niri? She just wants to survive another day. But the galaxy is watching again. And this time... it remembers.

When a failed thief is imprisoned and witnesses a King leading his city toward destruction, he must overcome his self-doubt and save the kingdom and himself.

In less than a day, I lost my job and got an eviction notice for my apartment. With no better options, I accepted a last-minute position on a university-sponsored archaeological dig in Egypt, hoping to regain some stability before my final year of school. But what began as a practical escape quickly unravels into something far more dangerous, drawing me into a hidden world I was never meant to see.

Reid Tzeryn wakes up in a ruined graveyard with no memory—no past, no name, no purpose. All he carries is the echo of a single word: Vadi. So Reid begins his journey—half survival, half self-discovery. As he stumbles into a world governed by ranks, coin, and ancient Houses, he forges fragile alliances, earns wary loyalties, and makes his mark in the blood-stained sands of the Arena. But then the dark forces from an Unknown Hell begins shadowing his every step. Reid finds himself standing at the edge of two worlds - each more dangerous than the other. One is his prison, another his home. What to expect: **A main character who may have lived through ages, walked between worlds, and is far more powerful than anything this land has ever known. **A slow-burn mystery as Reid uncovers his true origin—and the horrifying weight it carries. **A war-born protagonist who doesn’t bend to systems, rules, or titles. Coins? Ranks? Permissions? He’s had enough of those. In Anguth, it’s Reid’s way… or the High Way.