He was trained to obey. Now he must choose who to become.Injured during his advancement trial, Luca wakes among those he was taught to fear. What begins as recovery becomes a reckoning—with the City's teachings, the Wilders' judgment, and his own unraveling certainty.Luca is a Prowler—an elite enforcer bred for loyalty, control, and obedience. His advancement trial was meant to test his readiness for promotion. Instead, an injury leaves hi...

He was bred for control.They live by choice.Luca was shaped by the City. Trained to obey, conditioned to enforce, and taught that order was the only thing keeping humanity alive.Then the Wilde forced him to see what the City never allowed him to know.Injured and out of place, Luca finds himself among the very people he was raised to fear. Wilders who live without ranks. Without chips. Without permission. A handful protect an...

Some legends are forged on the front lines. Others start in the mud.Seventeen-year-old Taylor has spent his life training to survive alone. But when he enters Intergal's elite Special Forces Academy, survival means something new: trusting a team of strangers from day one—or washing out for good.The rules are simple: adapt fast, work as one, or get reassigned. No second chances.As Taylor, Kaydeen, Tonee, and Salayla face brutal physical trials, inter...

Tempered by BloodA Shadows of Peace Military Science Fiction ThrillerSome truths won't stay buried. And some pasts won't stay quiet.Mark Taylor survived captivity, torture, and an assassin's blade. He's back with his team, back on mission. But the facts his allies are uncovering don't match the memories he's always trusted. As fragments surface and contradictions mount, Taylor is forced to ask the unthinkable: are his memor...

He was trained to obey. Now he must choose who to become.Injured during his advancement trial, Luca wakes among those he was taught to fear. What begins as recovery becomes a reckoning—with the City’s teachings, the Wilders’ judgment, and his own unraveling certainty.Luca is a Prowler—an elite enforcer bred for loyalty, control, and obedience. His advancement trial was meant to test his readiness for promotion. Instead, an injury leaves hi...