Wartime

In the tranquil village of Oakhaven, a young artist, Elias Thorne, is uprooted by the declaration of war between Veridia and Solara. Driven by a sense of duty, he enlists in the Veridian army, leaving behind his peaceful life and his close friend, Elara. His initial military experiences, including rigorous training and forming bonds with his squadmates, are juxtaposed against escalating tensions and wartime propaganda. As Elias is deployed to the Verdant March, the harsh realities of war encounters with the enemy and the loss of comrades test his courage and conscience. These experiences and losses forever alter his perception of the world, casting a shadow over the innocence he once knew.

In the chaos of World War II, the island of Sicily becomes a fierce battleground, not only between Axis and Allied forces but among those hungry for power. Luca De Luca, the younger son of the notorious mafia Don Vito De Luca, returns home after serving in the Italian army, only to find his homeland on the brink of destruction. His father, once a feared mafia leader, now plays a dangerous game, manipulating both the Germans and the Allies to secure his family's legacy. Torn between loyalty to his family and disgust at their ruthless actions, Luca is thrust into a deadly web of betrayal, war, and rebellion. His ambitious brother, Antonio, conspires with the occupying Nazi forces, while Luca secretly forges alliances with the local resistance fighters, determined to free Sicily from both fascist occupation and the mafia’s control. As the Allied invasion draws near, Luca must navigate the treacherous waters of mafia politics, wartime espionage, and family betrayal. His only allies are a group of resistance fighters, including Sophia Russo, the daughter of a key rebel leader and a woman with whom Luca shares a complicated past. Together, they race against time to sabotage the German war effort while outwitting Antonio’s growing ambitions. But in a world where trust is scarce and enemies often wear familiar faces, Luca discovers that the greatest threat to Sicily’s future might not be the Germans or the Allies, but his own family. Caught between the legacy of his father and the hope for a free Sicily, Luca must decide where his true loyalty lies—before the war consumes everything he loves. Shadow of Valor is a riveting saga of family, loyalty, and survival, set against the brutal backdrop of World War II Sicily, where the lines between hero and villain blur, and honor comes with a steep price.

David Denevara, a young university student doing a business end up being made comatose by an accident on Earth as we know it. He then gets transported back to a time of big swing bands, soldiers and tanks but one thing that makes this world different: The people. During his coma, he meets a battle-worn but joyful dark elf brother and sister who take him in, assuming he was crazy that he said he comes from another world. He now has to adapt in this new world with his new friends based in this book that is in the same universe as Exploring During Wartime: The Unknown. Includes a little bonus story on how Linda and Jerry escaped the beaches of Gartendi.

Disclaimer: I mean no one ill to any country of the world. All the countries are equal and great in their own right. This is purely fictional and meant for the sake of entertainment. Any resemblance to any living or dead person is purely coincidental or in the story to ground the story more in reality. Nothing in this story is meant to mock or insult any person alive or dead. The Third World War began on 1st May 2021. The tension between India and China has escalated to an unbelievable level in the past two years. They were practically at each other's throats. Communist China declared an all-out war on India in the morning on 1st May. Pakistan joined hands within 30 minutes of China's declaration. Russia joined hands with China on the 4th. India was forced to fight on two fronts. India pleaded it's case with the Security Council but with two permanent members in war with India, they weren't able to get any support. Soon, all of Russia's allies and countries previously part of the Soviet Union joined China and Russia. Communism was back and it was back with a punch. Europe was divided. With the Soviet Union back together, there was a major thereat of a Soviet invasion into Europe. All of EU convened and came to the conclusion that the Soviet could not be allowed to rise again and declared it's support to India. Japan who had built up relations with India over the past two years with a free trade agreement between the two, declared her support to India. With over half the world's population at war, the US could not stay silent anymore. The tension between US and Russia that had reduced after the Cold War once again surged to an all time high. With the threat of nuclear war on the horizon, and with all her hatred of Russia, US and her allies declared war on Russia and declared their support to India on the 1st of June. The Middle East was divided in this. Saudi joined Russia. Iran and Kuwait joined US. Iraq joined Russia. UAE joined US. Turkey made a drastic move and joined Russia. Afghanistan joined US. Egypt joined US. All of the other East Asian countries joined Russia and China. Myanmar joined India. Nepal and Bhutan joined India. Sri Lanka joined India. Korea was divided. Both sides were her foes but ended up deciding that she hated China more. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore choose to remain strictly neutral only agreeing to provide medical support for anyone who wished for it and agreed to provide Asylum for 1 million people in total. Australia and New Zealand, being under the British crown joined the British and EU against the Communists. All of Africa and South America was divided into grids supporting Russia and US. While war was taking place in over thirty fronts, there were few that were important. The Pacific Ocean being the most important one. Japanese and Korean navies along with the US navy managed to push back Chinese and Russian forces. Korea finally managed to until peacefully in wartime. Chinese and Russian merchant ships going across the Pacific and Indian oceans were stopped and starved to death by Indian and Australian ships. In the midst of this chaos the Russian battleships made an impressive comeback going near a stalemate in the Pacific. The next most important front was in Europe where NATO clashed with the Soviet forces. It was a very difficult battle but neither side was ready to give up. The last most important front was in the Himalayas were the Indian and American forces collided with the Chinese and Pakistani forces. For nine years the war waged on and neither side was ready to start firing nukes. In the midst of all this chaos, the Chinese sect leader, Li Jinkin, who sees the Indian sect leader Aditi every day starts feeling things other than hatred towards her, including nervousness....

Wartime is the war between men and goblins. This story is about an epic battle that will change the world. Horoku, a solo fighter who only fights for himself and tries to find answers about his identity. Horoku is a 17-year-old boy wearing a black hooded jacket, black hair and brown eyes that survived the war. He is a boy who is not very easy to trust everyone and does not like to be on any team. He struggled just to find an answer about his identity. He only has spears and swords made of crystals by the Elves. Luna, a 17-year-old black-haired girl wearing a hooded jacket and a witch. She liked Horoku without realizing it and was followed by Yamada, Horoku's best friend. Yamada is the same boy as Horoku and Luna. A man is wearing a white armor with a red robe on his back with white hair. A loyal fighter but, he will do something bad to all humans, Elves and Mage because his loyalty will not last. Ayabe, the same age as the three of them but he's an Elve. Brown hair, wearing a black armor and even a cousin to Horoku. He is the Lord and king of the hidden kingdom, waiting for the time to rise again. This is a story about a boy ... a boy who wants to save his family and save the world from destruction. Will he dare to face all the challenges that befell him? Wartime: Rise Of An Empire ... coming soon.

During the Orc-Alliance war, two continental adventurers and best friends head out on their own adventure during war time, trying to find ancient secrets, get pulled into fights and wars they did not want to be in. Joseph and Arimia understand that the only thing is holding them back is themselves and now they board the blimp called the 'Steadfast Dusk' and head for the mainland continent of Azreath from the Isle Kingdoms to look through the ruins that remain. Joseph and Arimia are now joined by an old friend and a new friend and now they strive to collect all the powerful artifacts in Elderen before the orcs can. This book is based in the same universe as The Tale of Our war and is now the main book that carries the story.

Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.

Warning: R-18+ Reverse Harem. Human×Vampire×Werewolf. It began with the moon. No one remembers exactly when it started inching closer. Only that it was subtle at first—a faint red tint across its surface that deepened with each passing year like a malevolent worm creeping in and carried a curse. The tides grew restless, and the night air thickened with a strange, electric weight. Animals became erratic and then humans began to change. Fevers swept through towns, leaving bodies writhing beneath the moonlight. Some recovered. Some died. But when they woke up, those who had survived were no longer humans. Bones twisted and snapped beneath their skin as limbs reshaped. Eyes sharpened with a feral glint. Howls tore from their throats. While others rose cold and still—hearts no longer beating but senses sharpened—the scent of blood became impossible to resist. Predators were awakened by the moon. Vampires and Werewolves. To assert dominance frequent battles ensued. The fight to claim better territorial lands on the earth was inevitable. Predators kill prey, and in their desperation, turn on each other. The rival clans of Bloodfang and Stormclaw would often wage wars with each other. In the center of the endless conflict, few surviving females were caught and met their inevitable end. It was a slow death spiral that quickly turned gruesome and uncontained. And, with a hollow birth rate during wartime, the endless bloodshed inevitably pushed the human population to the brink of extinction. With humanity teetering on the edge of collapse, the wolves and vampires were forced to face an uncomfortable truth: without humans, they too would die out. Out of desperation, a fragile truce was forged. In the year 2174, a three-way pack where wolves, vampires, and humans would coexist. The terms were simple: humans would be protected from unchecked slaughter, and in return, they would serve as the lifeblood needed to sustain both species. It had been a hundred and eighty years since the alliance formed, marking the year 2324. And now, Velvetiana was about to step into their world or rather, she was to step back into the world that had forgotten her. The sole crimson flower of the Corvinus Clan. Determined to live through her university life with a goal to graduate and crawl out from poverty, how will she deal with Blood Cardinals and Werewolf Alphas, who never cease to cause trouble for her like a swarm of frantic bees? The very bees that are out to suck the nectar from her blooming red flowers that is.

"I have bad news." Lian paced the hotel room and said. "Bad news?" Fidel folded the papers in his hands and asked. "Am pregnant." She said. Fidel laughed while looking at her. "Being pregnant isn't bad news. It's worth being celebrated." He walked over and tried to touch her belly but she walked away. "Fidel I know you're just some human who is super different from everyone else. This is wartime. Millions of people are waiting for me to stop the evil magic. Everyone is looking up to me. Look around Sky Wing, what do you see? desperate people. Let me just tell you that am going to terminate it. This isn't the right time to sit down and nurse pregnancy. I have a long way to go and everything else can wait." Lian said seriously. "What? Terminate my own child? That's not going to happen. Listen to me, I know what you're thinking but am here with you, I will protect you, I will protect my child. It must live!" Fidel said emphasising every word. *** And the sword went right into her belly. Terror was written all over her face as she looked at the oracle's smiling face. Fidel saw her fall and everything seemed to stand still. His eyes suddenly lost color and he roared towards the oracle. "Kai, Max, take madam away. call a plane and have her flown back to K nation immediately!" Adam gave the order....

Satoru Mikami is a 37-year-old active wartime photographer. In his time, he has seen many horrific sights and has built up a callous view of the world. On the site of his last photography job, a raging battlefield, Satoru takes his final breaths. This should have been the end of Satoru Mikami, but the melodic voice of an otherworldly entity signals the start of Satoru's reincarnation. This time, he will fulfill his goal... as a slime?! A fan fiction alternate timeline of the original story "That Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime". This time, our main blob we all know and love will have to tackle this new world without the ability to predate his enemies! Read on to see how Rimuru overcomes all his obstacles, and maybe even fulfills that goal he set out on.

Thomas, the son of a poor peasant in a kingdom, had to be dragged into the polemic over the throne and the great war between nations for the sake of supremacy. "I just want to herd sheep and live quietly as a small farmer, but destiny gave me a steel spear and a war horse to step on the corpse of the enemy, in this wartime hoping to live quietly is a sin"

Wartime is a terrible time to grow up. But as the young leader of his clan, he has to be strong. But when his tribe discovered his elemental power, he was forced out of his home. Now he has to find his destiny among his "people". But with witches, ghouls and monsters and the dark lord breathing on his beck, can he survive? *Shudder* "Are we being watched?" "Who are you?" "I will always protect you." "Okay, put me down you held me long enough." "No, bad tiger... no!"

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the novel. After its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received generally favorable reviews, though some literary critics believed it did not equal Fitzgerald's previous efforts. Compared to his earlier novels, Gatsby was a commercial disappointment, selling fewer than 20,000 copies by October, and Fitzgerald's hopes of a monetary windfall from the novel were unrealized. When the author died in 1940, he believed himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. During World War II, the novel experienced an abrupt surge in popularity when the Council on Books in Wartime distributed free copies to American soldiers serving overseas. This new-found popularity launched a critical and scholarly re-examination, and the work soon became a core part of most American high school curricula and a part of American popular culture. Numerous stage and film adaptations followed in the subsequent decades. Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited versus self-made wealth, gender, race, and environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American Dream. One persistent item of criticism is an allegation of antisemitic stereotyping. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.

Synopsis for "Echoes of the Past" Title: Echoes of the Past : Love On Trial Genre: Historical fiction Synopsis: During World War II, a young woman named Emma Collins is sent to a rural English village to stay with her estranged grandmother, Beatrice, while her parents are involved in war efforts. Emma is initially resentful and bored in the quiet countryside until she stumbles upon an old, hidden diary in the attic of the farmhouse. The diary belongs to a woman named Eliza Thompson, who lived in the village during World War I. Eliza's entries reveal a gripping tale of espionage, love, and betrayal. As Emma reads, she becomes engrossed in Eliza's story: Eliza fell in love with a charming but mysterious soldier named James, who was later revealed to be a spy. Their romance was fraught with danger and intrigue, ultimately leading to a tragic betrayal that left Eliza heartbroken and ostracized. Emma's curiosity leads her to investigate further, and she starts to uncover parallels between Eliza's time and her own. She learns that Eliza's betrayal was orchestrated by a network of spies operating in the village, a network that may still exist. As Emma delves deeper, she begins to see the shadow of history in the present day, noticing odd behaviors and secrets among the villagers. With the help of her new friend, Jack, a local boy whose grandfather also knew Eliza, Emma pieces together the truth. They find out that Beatrice, Emma's grandmother, was Eliza's closest friend and knows more about the past than she lets on. Confronting her grandmother, Emma learns about the pain and secrets Beatrice has kept hidden for decades. As Emma and Jack uncover the final pieces of the puzzle, they reveal a hidden cache of letters and documents that confirm James's innocence and expose the real traitor. The discovery brings closure to Eliza's tragic story and helps heal old wounds in the village. In the end, Emma gains a newfound respect for her grandmother and a deeper understanding of the sacrifices made during wartime. She decides to document Eliza's story, ensuring that the echoes of the past are heard and remembered. This synopsis sets up a compelling narrative that intertwines past and present, exploring themes of love, betrayal, and the enduring impact of history.

(It's recommended you read with a classical music playlist in the background) (If You Like stories like Watchmen or the boys , or any form of superhero media, THIS IS FOR YOU!) Marvelo-Man: Book One – The Golden Age Ends In Depression-era New York, abused runaway Maxwell Marvelo rises from circus strongman to wartime superhero. Transformed by a secret government experiment, he becomes Marvelo-Man, America’s mythic savior. But war, monsters, and betrayal twist his journey. Haunted by guilt and hunted by his darker counterpart, Black Zero, Maxwell fights to stay human in a world that only sees him as a weapon. As the Cold War dawns and his story becomes sanitized fiction, the real Marvelo-Man disappears—watching, waiting, while the world forgets who he really was.