Ichigo Permanent Mugetsu

[Congratulations, Terran survivor #99598, for activating the Universe Assistance System!] Althea, along with the remaining 1% of the population of their home planet, stared at the holographic screen in front of them in confusion. Their galaxy was apparently ending, and suddenly announcements from an alien system appeared in their heads, telling them they would be permanently transferred to another world. The survivors were all very depressed. First, they were forced to survive in a zombie apocalypse, and now they had to survive a new world altogether? It just so happened that Althea was one of the few people who got the Lord Token, the ticket to controlling a territory---a supposed safe haven for her people. Althea looked at her very large stomach and sighed at an unknown future. Would she be able to build a good home for her children? And... would she and her husband find each other again? #Apocalypse, #Josei, #Romance, #BeautifulFL, #HandsomeML, #PowerCouple, #Infrastructure, #MagicSpace, #KingdomBuilding, #Adventure, #Pregnancy, #Game Elements, #System #LitRPG ____ Now an E-BOOK~! Please rate, ne? WILL HELP US OUT SOOO MUCHH~! Book 1: AMAZON: https://a.co/d/hy7Rocr GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203724162-after-surviving-the-apocalypse-i-built-a-city-in-another-world ____ READERS LOUNGE NOW OPEN~! (Readers ONLY please!) https://discord.gg/w8qKw2yaNK

He became Arthur. He lived his life as Arthur and claimed Excalibur. Now, he has returned with a purpose. Beneath the surface of the world lies a twisted world known as the veil—an dimension where monsters are born from corrupted human emotions and desire. The deeper you go, the more terrifying they become. Each Layer is sealed. Each hides a god-like being, waiting to rise to the surface. Now, Sylas bears the responsibility of keeping the gate between both worlds from breaking. [Keys are passed down through generations. No one knows where they came from, but those keys can open doors to another world — a world filled with deadly trials. If you complete the trial, you return with blessings from gods, mythical beasts, and ancient warriors. The amount of blessings you earn depends on how well you perform. But if you fail, the door shatters… and you are gone forever. If you survive, you are given a permanent rank — a rank that decides your place in society for the rest of your life.]

Richard Harrison is a powerful billionaire CEO with a reputation built on precision, power, and silence. With the billion-dollar Zenith Contract hanging in the balance, he can't afford distractions or scandals. But everything changes the night he attends a luxury rooftop party in velaris hotel, Montelucia City. When he sees a young woman being taken advantage of in the VIP lounge, he steps in without hesitation. The press captures the moment: Richard, holding a dazed Pearl Grey in his arms. By morning, the image is everywhere. Pearl, heartbroken and trying to escape a messy past, never expected a night out with her friend would thrust her into the public eye. Now labeled as the mysterious woman on Richard Harrison’s arm, she’s pulled into a whirlwind she never asked for. To protect his public image and hers Richard makes a shocking announcement: Pearl is his fiancee. But when the media frenzy turns dangerous and someone begins to dig into Pearl’s late parents’ history, Richard offers a more permanent solution: a secret, contract marriage. No love. Just protection, business, and control. But behind the cameras and contracts, something deeper begins to form. As deception gives way to desire, and lines blur between what's real and what’s pretend, Pearl and Richard must decide: can a marriage built on lies grow into something true?

Flirt. Fool. Forget. Romantic Comedy | Small Town Drama | Healing with Heat After a brutal heartbreak shatters her faith in love, Julie West packs her lingerie, high heels, and emotional armor—and flees the city to a sleepy little town called Rosefield. But she’s not here to heal the “right way.” She’s here to flirt, fool, and forget… one man at a time. Beautiful, curvy, and sinfully confident, Julie plays the villain in heels—harmless on the surface, dangerous underneath. With a baby face and a wicked mouth, she turns heads the moment she arrives, but her heart? Off-limits. Permanently. Then she meets Elias, the sweet, soft-spoken handyman-next-door with kind eyes and steady hands. Followed by Tariq, the cocky gym trainer who flirts like it’s a sport. And finally, Lucas, the brooding single dad who wants nothing to do with chaos—until Julie walks in. She came to play. She wasn’t supposed to care. But as the games get riskier and her past creeps closer, Julie realizes something terrifying: maybe love isn’t the enemy. Maybe healing isn’t about control. Maybe… she’s the one being fooled. Flirt. Fool. Forget. is a romantic comedy filled with flirty banter, messy hearts, slow-burn steam, and a bad girl’s journey to finding peace in the one place she never expected—genuine love.

Veyne came from the life of sewer rats. The world saw him as a failure. He called it belief. Others called it stupidity. Either way, it was the only thing he had left. Even at rock bottom, Veyne never stopped believing in himself. Betrayed by his lover and brother, treated as a burden, and forced to slave endlessly in the game to chase his dream—he endured it all. Though late, his obsession was finally rewarded with an opportunity. But the sewer rat in him was too weak to hold onto it. He had fought the world and lost. Actions have consequences. And when he failed in the game, those consequences caught up to him, leading to his death. But the universe wasn’t done with him yet. Given a second chance, he returned to a time when the game had already been out for two years. This time, he rushed to obtain the Template Wilder class—the very class that led to his downfall. One of the game’s rarest hidden classes, the Wilder class, allowed him to switch into different forms based on the monster templates he possessed. An overpowered ability—but it came with a fatal catch. A hidden template forced him into the form of an ancient baby creature, one so cursed that players, monsters, and even NPCs would hunt him down. If he died in that form, his character would be permanently deleted. In his past life, he underestimated the class’s dangers. And the world tore him apart for it. This time, it wouldn’t be just hollow belief. This time, he’s not here to survive—he’s here to dominate. No emotional ties. No second chances. The entire game is his enemy, and he will crush anyone who stands in his way. He failed once. He suffered. He died. He was erased. Not this time. This is the beginning of his legend. The era of Veyne Draven.

Time is your lifeline. Lose it, and you die. Steal it, and you survive—maybe. After dying under mysterious circumstances, William Chandler, a master thief with a dark past, awakens in Purgatory, a twisted afterlife where survival is decided by a deadly System Guide. Here, time is the only currency. Every second you lose brings you closer to permanent erasure. And the rules? They're always changing. The only constant? Trust no one. Except William’s Guide is glitched. His abilities don’t make sense. His time doesn’t drain properly. And sometimes… it fights back. Even kills for him. But a glitch in the system doesn’t make him safe. It makes him a target. Thrown into deadly games like “Snakes and Ladders”, chased by man-eating plants, and hunted by people desperate to live another hour, William must navigate a world of lies, loopholes, and looming extinction — with only a broken system to rely on. And if he ever wants to uncover why he was really sent here, he’ll have to outwit the Game Master, the other players, and the system itself. --- Warning: This story contains psychological tension, survival horror elements, morally grey characters, and emotional moments that may ruin your night’s sleep.

Meet Riven: a foul-mouthed teenage delinquent with an angelic face that could charm even the devil himself. Sure, his peers stayed clear off him, adults gave him the stink eye, and his parents were in a constant state of, “Where did we go wrong with you?” But hey, you could never accuse our troublemaker of having a dull life. Not until a freak accident gave him an all-expenses-paid trip to the afterlife, that is! All hope was not lost yet though, because just when Riven thought he was off to a permanent dirt nap, BAM! He’s yanked into an alternate Earth and reincarnated as the son of an overachieving Duke, who’s got high hopes for his only offspring. Can things get any crazier? Oh yes, it can! In this alternate earth, Riven has a mission to fulfill the wish of the Duke's real son: make the Duke proud and Riven gets to live. That should be an easy task, right? Except Riven doesn't have the freakiest idea how to do that! And, oh! Did I mention that there’s a secret crush involved? No? Oh, okay then! A secret crush he’s got to track down and impress in this freaking bizarre, superhuman world! So, how on Earth—or rather, an alternate one—is Riven supposed to find this crush while juggling all this drama? Anyhow! Buckle up, because this ride is about to get dangerously chaotic!

Kazumi Naoko is a second-year student who wants just one thing in life: peace and quiet. Whether it’s napping on the rooftop, zoning out with his handheld console, or avoiding anything remotely emotional, Kazumi lives like his life is permanently set to airplane mode. Too bad the girls around him didn’t get the memo. Between Rino Chisa, the unreadable first-year; Minami Inatsu, the impulsive classmate; and Hanami Kanegaya, the sweet girl who’s always nearby—Kazumi’s already drowning in chaos. And just when things couldn’t get worse, he casually reveals that four more girls might like him too. Now with seven unpredictable girls and one sleepy boy stuck in the middle, peace is clearly off the table. A quiet boy. Seven love interests. One unavoidable harem. Let the romantic mess begin. [Weekly Update Webnovel!] [Or When I'm In The Mood To Update:>] [Credit to:Shyrlo to make the Cover Art:D]

Samir is a regular human born in a world 200 years into the future in a world full of greed, anger and corruption. One day, an accident changed his life permanently. What awaited him was something he had never expected. 

Ira was a young man destined for greatness, blessed with unparalleled gifts from the heavens. He possessed both a God-tier physique and a powerful Dantian, marks of extraordinary potential. His genius caught the attention of the Emperor, who personally recruited him into the elite Imperial Guards. But the Emperor’s apparent kindness masked a cruel deception. Without warning, Ira was framed and imprisoned. Worse still, his gifts were stripped away, leaving him permanently crippled.. Cast into a fate worse than death, Ira was banished to uncharted territories ruled by demonic beasts. Stripped naked and abandoned to survive with nothing, he was consumed by anger, resentment, and spite. Amid the darkness, one emotion burned stronger than all others—Wrath. This fierce fury awakened a hidden power within him, offering a chance for revenge against those who had betrayed him.

Genre: Sci-Fi Fantasy | Multi-verse | Philosophical Fiction In a fractured unreal world where every being is merely a reflection of a higher consciousness, one anomaly breaks the rules—Victor Coleman, a mad scientist and alcoholic genius who exists as a unique entity in only one server. Wherever he appears, the server diverges... permanently. In one such server—ours—Victor drunkenly travels to the past to see his doomed family one more time. That single act fractures destiny itself, awakening the "Future Kal," a repentant villain desperate for redemption. Armed with a device that transfers consciousness between versions, Future Kal seeks to overwrite his past by merging with his innocent childhood self. But the Prime Entities—ancient minds that shaped existence—have other plans. They enlist Victor to capture Child Kal, using him as bait to lure out the future version... in exchange for a chance to return to a timeline where his family still lives. Meanwhile, in a forgotten corner of creation, an innocent creature known as "The Nameless Angel" loses his wings and is cast into the dream servers. Crushed and purposeless, he begs his creator, the divine recluse Tai-Chao. to end his existence. But instead, Tai-Chao grants him a new purpose: to enter the mortal server where destinies collide... to find his own meaning, and earn back his wings by discovering true selflessness.

Nathan Cole had it all—money, a stable business, even a fiancée. He wasn’t a billionaire, but he was building something solid. Then, everything crumbled. His business went bankrupt. His fiancée walked out. His dignity? Shattered. He became a failure, humiliated and alone. And just when rock bottom seemed permanent… "System Activated: Harem Tycoon Protocol Initiated." "Mission: Conquer. Seduce. Build your empire—one woman at a time." Each woman Nathan seduces fuels his empire with new skills, cash flow, influence—and raw desire. From corporate queens to lonely housewives, from rivals' wives to desperate heiresses—no one is off-limits. With every conquest, his reach expands… and so does his hunger. Now, he’s not just rebuilding a business. He’s building a kingdom. And in this kingdom? He rules. With charm, ambition… and lust. Business is war. Women are weapons. And Nathan Cole? He's about to become unstoppable. — Warning: Contains steamy adult content, high-stakes power play, morally grey decisions, and a dangerously addictive system harem journey.

Trinity Grove has everything you want. From rich parents to parties to very expensive things. She literally has everything money can buy, but still she feels empty inside. it's almost like something is missing, but what? After her parents divorce, when she was 7, she moves in permanently with her mother, and stepfather. The last thing she remembered of her birth father was him telling her this would happen. She finds out shes a human-dragon hybrid, and things start to seem normal, but that's when she finds herself between a war; a war between dragons and knights and humans. what will happen? will she survive? This is my 1st novel. I hope you like it. I'm looking forward to your feedback.

Kael, furious and feeling betrayed by Lysander's claim, orders his Betas (including the conflicted Ryker) to seize Elara and Silas and subdue Lysander. A violent confrontation erupts within the fragile refuge. Isolde arrives (possibly tipped off or following Kael), not to help Kael, but to seize the opportunity to eliminate Elara and Silas permanently in the chaos, securing her position. The rogue allies Kael hired, seeing the instability and the valuable targets (Harmony Omega, unique child), turn on everyone, aiming to capture Elara and Silas for their own gain. Elara's Power: Amidst the fighting and seeing Silas in danger, Elara's Harmony power surges uncontrollably. It doesn't attack, but stills the chaos – calming rage, easing pain, forcing a temporary, awed pause on the battlefield as her true nature is revealed to all. Silas's Role: Silas, scared but instinctively protective of his mother and drawn to Lysander, unleashes a burst of pure, combined Alpha-Omega energy, repelling the rogue leader threatening Elara. This display of power stuns Kael and confirms Lysander's words about the soul bond's potential manifesting in the child. The Choice Point: In the stunned silence after the energy surge, all eyes turn to Elara. Kael, seeing her power and his son's strength, pleads with raw, desperate need. Lysander stands protectively near her, his silver eyes holding the promise of the bond and the refuge's safety. Isolde seethes, waiting for a chance. Elara holds Silas close. Who does she choose? Her child's safety hangs in the balance.

"Welcome to Eclipse Online, the most lethal full-dive MMORPG on the planet, where there is only one life. Death is permanent, and each choice has a price the fragile world cannot afford. But for one of its players, the rules are about to be rewritten". Following a fatal attack of the dungeon, he discovers a hidden room with a horrific inscription: he has been made the Eclipse Reaver, fated to tread the game world eternally. Each time he dies, he is resurrected, but at a horrific cost: shattered soul shards erase his memories, emotions, and abilities. As the game universe descends into chaos and its top players fall, he is forced to explore the dark conspiracy of Eclipse Online before he too is lost for good. With gory fights, shifting game mechanics, and a mystery thickening by the minute, never has the pressure been higher. Will he overcome the system, or lose himself in the void? Will he manage to retain his sanity, or be one of the many lost souls in the void? _______________ A/N: I'd really appreciate it if i get some reviews as this is my first book. This will show that I actually have readers, and I'd have to improve when or where necessary. Thanks. _______________ Update Schedule: 07:00 GMT (+8)

In a world where power defines your worth, Kael Voss is the anomaly everyone fears. With a single touch, he can permanently erase others’ abilities—a terrifying gift in a society built on magical hierarchy. When he infiltrates Stellaris Academy, the floating sanctuary of divine heirs, Kael discovers a strange truth: his “victims” thank him. What secret lies behind his power? And why do the academy’s masters tremble at the sight of him? In a place where reality bends to emotion and every mirror hides a secret, Kael must make a choice: dismantle the system that crushes the weak, or uncover the truth behind what he truly unleashes each time he “cancels” a power. Welcome to The Academy of Broken Reflections.

They sent me to Haeven’s End – a decaying shithole town choked by permanent Fog – to find out why five government investigators vanished. Should’ve been simple. Uncover the rot beneath the surface, write the exposé, collect my paycheck. Fuck the countryside. Fuck the Fog that tastes like static and moves wrong. Fuck the locals with their rehearsed lies and eyes that slide away like oil. But this town… it’s got teeth buried deep. That Fog ain’t weather. It’s hungry. The church with its spire like a stone knife? Murals that itch behind your eyes? And the silence… Christ, the silence weighs more than the mist. They told me the investigators finished their work and left. Bullshit. Something ancient sleeps here, wrapped in grey. Something that watches. Now the static’s in my blood. The whispers make sense. And the Fog? It knows my name. Truth’s my trade, but some truths crack your world open and let the dark pour in. Finding out why they vanished might cost more than my story. It might cost what’s left of me. Welcome to Haeven’s End. Don’t stay after curfew.

In a dystopian world, a thousand years from now, Earth breathes beneath a sky painted in permanent orange, metallurgical effluents make the air from centuries of technological excess. The towering buildings that once sheltered life are now silent monoliths; charging stations for Cy-humans: hybrids of man and machine. All Cy-humans are connected to Supernova; the Augmented City Heart and their sole source of energy, guidance, and existence. Life is orderly. Emotions are dormant. Every day unfolds in a regulated virtual loop. But everything changes when Levita, a Cy-human, encounters a glitch. Suddenly severed from Supernova’s network, Levita begins to feel something forbidden; Emotions. Emotions long thought extinct, as obsolete as humanity itself. Confused and terrified by this strange awakening, she sets off in search of answers. And that’s when she meets him, a Human, a being believed to be extinct. Is her glitch a flaw to be repaired or a key to something greater?

What's worse than dying? Reincarnating as the villain you created. Game programmer Alex thought he was just fixing a minor character out of pity. Lucien Sanguini—the most hated mini-boss in his vampire academy romance game—was designed to die in every single route. Obsessively in love with his fiancée but too emotionally broken to show it, arrogant yet secretly desperate for affection, he was the perfect antagonist everyone loved to hate. Now Alex IS Lucien, trapped in a declining noble vampire house with twelve death flags hanging over his head—one for each heroine who wants him dead. The solution? A perverted system with a simple ultimatum: Seduce all twelve heroines into your harem, or face permanent death. Armed with hidden triple emblems (Fire, Ice, and the legendary Blood Control), memories of every game route, and a system that gives the most embarrassingly inappropriate quests at the worst possible moments, Lucien must transform from the academy's most despised villain into its most beloved anti-hero. The catch? He can't let anyone suspect he's changed, must maintain his "cold villain" reputation, and oh—his obsessively loved fiancée Seraphina currently sits at -15 affection and is actively planning his murder. **No pressure.** From the assassin who has a contract on his life to the lightning mage seeking revenge for public humiliation, each heroine represents a deadly challenge that could end everything. But behind every death flag lies a story, behind every enemy lies potential love, and behind every impossible quest lies the chance to rewrite fate itself. Sometimes the best way to avoid a bad ending is to seduce your way to a better one. **A dark comedy of vampire romance, system shenanigans, and the redemption of the most beautifully broken villain ever created.**

The world ended overnight. The System went live. Monsters flooded reality. Civilization collapsed within days. Now, survival is quantified. Life runs on levels. Death is permanent. Kael Draven wasn’t prepared. No second chances. No overpowered perks. Just a blade—and a brutal System that demands he adapt or disappear. He’s not chasing glory. He doesn’t care about being the strongest. Kael just wants to live long enough to understand the new rules—and maybe bend them before they break him.

Elara was a high school student the one everyone adored although she smiles and act normal she suffers a pain deep inside .Behind closed doors, Elara cried helplessly with no one to lean on to, her bed and pillow were soaked with tears, she couldn't get up because she felt tired and exhausted of the whole world outside . In the dark all alone she tries to find the light, that will shine her whole world again, soon that life would be fine, that will help her with her broken heart, but what is that light?, who is that light? that will make her smile again. That heart did not break on it's own there is a reason for that heart break, and it will be unwrap one by one this is going to be a story, a love story that will end a tragic one, creating a permanent memory for those who witness it or are involved. In a few years or more, Elara's family will realize that love was not merely an Emotions but a chance to choose each other daily, and Elara's was genuine and pure, they should have supported it and allowed it, but they did not which lead to a tragic ending

To save her crumbling marriage, Sandra makes a dangerous agreement. Swapping souls with a mysterious woman named Alana. Through a forbidden ritual and a cursed mark shaped like a cross, the two women seal a pact that cannot be undone. But when Alana dies inside Sandra’s body, Sandra finds herself permanently trapped in a life that isn’t hers with a cold husband who loves another woman, and a haunting past she didn’t create. Now, Sandra must navigate a new identity, an unwanted marriage, and a cunning rival with dark secrets. With every step, she uncovers truths meant to stay buried and powers she never knew she had. In a world where love is a lie and magic is real, Sandra must fight to reclaim her destiny or be destroyed by the curse she agreed to.

A new chapter will be updated next week. •••Before starting to read. This is a casual novel for fun. There's no unique story. at the beginning MC is very powerful and system is also powerful••• "Excuse me, what is your dream?" "To be a philanthropist!" "Okay! As a philanthropist, if you have one million, will you donate it?" "Yes!" "What about ten million?" "Yes!" "Don't even mention ten million, I'll donate one hundred million." The interview ended. That night. "Ding! Your bank card has been credited with one hundred million!" "Ding! If you use 100 million for charity to help those in need, you can permanently obtain S-level return rights" ... Many years later. "He is a legend. He is worth one trillion, rich enough to rival a country. He is known as the God of Movies, God of Investment, God of Songs, God of Cooking, God of Chess, God of Cars, God of Fighting..." " Let's welcome Mr. Hu Yibao!" "Mr. Hu, what is your dream now?" "To be a philanthropist!" I Will Upload 2 Chapters Every Day Arthur: 今晚必须肝 Translator: Axon46

As if reading his thoughts, the System’s voice echoed again, louder, more urgent. “Mission start: Now. Failure to comply will result in severe penalties, including but not limited to, permanent cultivation regression or soul fragmentation.” Xiao Tian’s eyes went wide. Permanent cultivation regression? Soul fragmentation? This wasn’t some benevolent guidance system. This was a contract. A contract with potential oblivion. But the alternative… the alternative was going back to the pitiful, powerless existence that had led to his downfall. No. He would rather face a thousand fragmented souls than that again. He read the mission details again. “Publicly humiliate Elder Wei.” It was vague, open to interpretation. But he knew Elder Wei’s habits, his weaknesses. He knew the exact moment to strike. Betrayed by his most trusted allies, Xiao Tian, the once invincible Martial Sovereign, falls in battle, loses everything he fought for. As his consciousness fades, he vows revenge against those who plotted against him. But fate gives him an unprecedented second chance—he wakes up thirty years in the past, back when he was nothing but a weak and humiliated disciple of the Azure Sky Sect. But this time, things will be different. With the Heaven-Defying System, future knowledge and past life experiences, Xiao Tian sets out to change his fate. No longer the naive youth he once was, he will: Crush those who humiliated him Expose traitors before they rise to power Steal heaven-defying treasures before others can Shock everyone with his rapid cultivation speed Face-slap arrogant young masters and elders who look down on him Dominate the martial world and take back what’s his

Seven years! I arrived in the world of Godsfall seven years ago, in the body of a E-rank trash. But not without a gift—'Identity Devour,' a one-time talent that allows me to replace anyone permanently, in body and soul. Sounds overpowered, right? It's not. It comes with its own set of flaws. So, for seven years I have been patient. Waiting. Bidding my time. Narrowing my target list and... planning. Until today. ---- Disclaimer: The 'I Devoured the Major Antagonist' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Fate x Bleach En un mundo donde las almas errantes y los espíritus corrompidos amenazan la paz, Kurosaki Ichigo descubre que su destino está entrelazado con los legendarios caballeros de la historia y los shinigamis. Mientras enfrenta a poderosas fuerzas oscuras, una misterioso Saber llega para guiarlo en una batalla que trasciende el tiempo y el más allá. Esta fanfic reimagina Fate dentro del mundo y canon de Bleach

Rose looks like an ordinary high school sweetheart but she has a secret. She has a mysterious guardian that has been looking after her since childhood. she never knew why he was looking after her or why he will show up. All she knows is that no matter what happens at the end of the day she will go home safely. She has painstakingly tried to find the identity of this mystery man every time she visits her grandfather because it is the only time she can fully invest in tracking him but to no avail. This time she is moving to her grandfather's town permanently. She has vowed to spent every free moment to find him and he mysterious shows up in her life. What happens after meeting him leaves her speechless.

Kael Harper, a 24-year-old barista with a knack for bad decisions, is sucked into the Runebound Realm after his sketchy VRMMORPG download goes haywire, glitching him into a deadly, system-driven world where death is permanent. Armed with a mysterious, glitchy Rune Matrix that responds to his chaotic instincts, Kael must navigate a ruined city of crimson skies and monstrous voidlings to survive his first trial. Enter Veyra, a silver-haired enigma with a teasing smirk and secrets that could unravel Kael’s new reality. As he unlocks the power of his Shard of Will, Kael’s stuck between dodging claws, decoding the Rune Matrix’s cryptic pulses, and resisting Veyra’s dangerous charm. In a realm where every choice could be his last, Kael’s about to learn if he’s a hero, a fool, or just a glitch in the system’s cruel game. Will he outrun the shadows or crash headfirst into a fate he never signed up for?

In the quiet coastal town of Graymoor Point, where the sky is a permanent mood, fifteen-year-old Noah Whitaker’s unremarkable life is fractured when he inexplicably begins to hear people’s most persistent, private thoughts.