7 Book(s) Related to Abysmal Reality

Every child born in Stormborn dies before adulthood. The curse sees to that.

Elias Stone is seventeen and still breathing. In a village where nobody expected him to survive past eight, that alone makes him dangerous.

When an ancient dungeon awakens beneath Stormborn's oldest building, Elias goes down. Not because he is brave. Because he has spent seventeen years watching the curse take everything from his family and he is done waiting for it to take him too.

Inside the dungeon a system activates. Seven trials. Seven chances to break a curse three generations old. Each trial destroys him in a different way. Each one deposits something into his bloodline when he survives it. The more it costs him the harder he hits. That is the design. Someone built this dungeon specifically for his bloodline and Elias is only beginning to understand what that means.

Then Lyra appears.

She steps out of the dungeon wall calm and impossible and completely present. She says she is bound to the dungeon. She says she has been waiting. She does not say for how long and every time Elias asks she changes the subject and he notices and files it away because Elias notices everything.

She goes everywhere with him. Inside the dungeon fully present. Outside it at the edge of his awareness, warm and constant. The most honest relationship he has ever had with anyone and it is built on a foundation she has not told him the full truth of yet.

Because Lyra has a secret that goes back sixty years.

And the closer Elias gets to breaking the curse the closer he gets to finding out what she really is.

Some truths only transfer when you survive them.

Elias intends to survive everything.

Ten years ago, under a blood-red sunset, Nyxor Raventhorn buried his mother in the scorched desert sand and swore an oath to his younger sister that would haunt him forever. Betrayed by a ruthless empire that called itself family, pursued by a sadistic matriarch who fed on suffering, and cast into the lawless underbelly of the world, Nyxor vanished as a shattered child.

He returned as something far more lethal.
Now feared across the continent as the Abyssal King, Nyxor commands shadowy legions, dismantles corrupt kingdoms, and leaves burning cities in his wake. But when the ghosts of his past finally catch up and his sister is kidnapped into the brutal underground realm of gladiatorial pits, slave markets, and blood-soaked arenas, his vast empire suddenly feels worthless.

Power and conquest no longer matter.
This is pure, unrelenting vengeance.
As Nyxor carves a path of destruction through ancient bloodlines and untouchable syndicates who thought they ruled the world, the line between protector and destroyer dissolves. The question is no longer whether he can rescue his sister — but how many empires will crumble, and how much blood will flood the streets before he drags her back into the light.

"Why do you stare at me", I ask, still not looking away from the dancing fish, "because I am captivated by you,", he replies, not missing a beat, "and I am wondering what is going on inside that beautiful but sad mind of yours", before I could control them my eyes find his, "I am thinking, I just lost the most important person in my life, though I am deeply aggrieved by this, I cant help but feel happy when I am with you, as though nothing else matters when you are with me", I say honestly, I find myself again in a stare off with him, my eyes metal, his the magnets, not blinking, nor wavering. I feeling him inching closer to me or am I to him? I can't tell and I don't care, in this moment the air feels electrified drawing us inches from each other.

Penelope Celeste Titania is a 25-year-old mum in a depressing marriage with a café job, Meng Ai Tian is a Chinese actor who has never truly kissed a girl aside from in roles. The two are worlds apart but meet in the most unexpected and unusual of circumstances, starting a series of vivid dreams, that neither can easily escape.

Eighteen years ago, a friendship among three young people — Princess Sabrina, Guilherme, and Diego — fell apart under the weight of passion and betrayal. Sabrina and Guilherme's love ignited an irreconcilable hatred in Diego, leading to an unexpected pregnancy with twins, separated at birth by a dark secret.

Now, Mayara, an orphaned young woman with jade green eyes and long black hair with reddish highlights, receives a mysterious letter promising to reveal her true identity. Her search takes her to Mexico, where family secrets, political disputes, and the underworld of the mafia intertwine.

Among the dangerous charm of Santiago Diaz — the ruthless heir with honey-colored eyes who publicly declares his love for her — and the possessive protection of Prince Arthur — blond with violet-gray eyes, who returns furious to win her back — Mayara finds herself caught in an intense, deadly love triangle.

While Santiago offers a treasure hunt that could change destinies, and Arthur, dressed in a black leather jacket over his Harley Davidson, is determined to face any enemy, Mayara struggles to find clues that could save her life and decide her own heart.

In the end, one thing is certain: in a game of love, revenge, and power, no one leaves unscathed.

In the heart of Spain, Mayara, an orphaned soul burdened by a life of despair, receives a cryptic letter promising revelations about her true identity. Skeptical yet desperate for change, she embarks on a journey to Mexico, unknowingly stepping into a world ruled by powerful mafias and politicians. It's the story of young Mayara, an unfortunate orphan whose life seemed destined for sadness and misery. However, everything changes as she uncovers the truth about her family by coming to Mexico. Reuniting with childhood crush amidst secrets, she uncovers her past while battling Santiago's gold quest, linked to events 18 years ago. Loyalty and unspoken affections aid Mayara in navigating Cancun's dual existence. As she unravels mysteries, she must confront old rivals and decide her heart's path in a journey of redemption and revelation.

What is fate? Waking up three days after you rejected your fated mates in front of the entire school, with the memories of your husband's betrayal still burning in your chest? Or finding out that the only way to save your empire is to compete for love on national television—against the man who murdered you?

Make your pick.

Odessa Montgomery died at thirty—cheated on, poisoned, and blown to pieces by the husband she trusted. Then she opened her eyes at twenty-one, three days after the mating gala where she publicly rejected the De Luca triplets. The rejection is still fresh. The whole school is still talking. And Damien Gracias, her charming hockey-star boyfriend, has no idea she remembers every lie he ever told her.

She dumps him. Publicly. Brutally. But freedom comes at a cost. Her grandfather's will is clear: find a mate or lose the Montgomery empire. With Damien out and the De Luca triplets—her humiliated fated mates—lurking in her past, her options are nothing.

Then comes Moonlit Bonds, a televised competition where unmated shifters compete for love and a life-changing prize. Win, and her inheritance is hers. Lose, and lose everything.

There's just one problem. Damien and his true mate, Sarah, have joined the show, hoping to legitimize their bond on camera. And the De Luca triplets are also contestants—three alphas she rejected, two who bullied her, and one who has never stopped watching.

Now Odessa is trapped in a villa with cameras in every corner, a public audience that votes on her fate, and enemies who want her dead.

She came to win.

She might just find revenge.

But falling for the enemy? That was never part of the plan.