Showing results for "Ray" in Literature & Fiction

The year is 2425 and London is underwater. Three hundred years ago, rising oceans drowned a vast majority of the English Isle. London is now a jungle of dead skyscrapers and submerged streets. Fighting over the scraps of a world none can remember, two Houses—the Crowns and the Rogues—have been at war for three centuries.

The signal didn’t stop when Soren vanished. It evolved. Months after the memory storm that shattered Grenton Hollow, Elsie Harrow awakens to a new resonance pulsing beneath the town’s surface—a deeper broadcast that isn't just heard, but felt. As silence spreads and strange echoes resurface in the static zones, she is drawn to a mysterious underground chamber lined with forgotten radios and voices that were never meant to return.

After the fall of the Shadow King, Rivet wanders a broken world, searching for purpose in the aftermath of war. But whispers of an ancient power call to him, leading him to uncover fragments of his forgotten past. When strange creatures begin emerging—phantoms bearing the remnants of the Shadow King’s darkness—Rivet realizes the battle is far from over. Seeking answers, he stumbles upon a hidden village of survivors who believe the corruption still lingers. When spectral beasts attack, Rivet’s dormant abilities awaken, briefly restoring his form as the blue ninja frog.

Sixteen-year-old Soren Vale never asked to be marked. But when strange symbols appear on his skin and the ancient clocktower in Grenton Hollow begins to tick for the first time in decades, he’s thrust into a mystery no one remembers—and no one dares to investigate. As Soren uncovers the town’s eerie past, he joins forces with three unlikely allies: Cass, the fiercely loyal skeptic; Noah, the quiet codebreaker with secrets of his own; and Julian, a boy caught between memory and madness.

In the heart of the once-peaceful village of Nolanville, darkness stirs. An ancient evil—the Shadow King—has awakened, threatening to plunge the world into eternal night. Only one warrior stands in his way: Rivet, a young man with a forgotten past and a destiny he has yet to understand. Trained by the wise Elder Croft, Rivet has spent his life preparing for battle, but when the Shadow King’s influence begins to spread, doubt gnaws at him. Who is he, really? And why does he feel an unexplainable connection to the darkness?

When circumstances throw these two polar opposites together, they find they have more in common than they imagined. CJ discovers Russ's talent for art and arranges for Russ to create a mural in the hospital foyer, which leads to a tentative scholarship to the Art Institute. As life changes in ways neither of them could have expected, Russ must work harder than ever to better himself as CJ struggles with his deteriorating health.

Rise from the Ashes is a Christian narrative about a young man named Asher, whose faith in Jesus Christ is tested in the wake of an apocalyptic collapse that devastates America. The story follows Asher’s journey of survival, personal transformation, and spiritual renewal as he navigates a world left in ruins.