books for runners fiction

After waking up with a vague recollection of the past, our MC finds himself as a humanoid tester in a corporation. He doesn't know who he was, or why he was there, the only thing he knew is that he has to test the humanoids sent to them or death awaits him. The only way to escape this predicament is to participate in the annual freeing of workers: Runners Survivors. Run or Be Captured. Fight or Be Killed Welcome to the Runners Survivors! Run for your life! Ready!!! Start!!! *DISCLAIMER* Personally edited book cover but image does not belong to me.

Time is breaking and only she can fix it. Seventeen-year-old Juno Vega discovers she’s a Chrono Runner, one of the few who can fight the deadly force unraveling time itself. Armed with the Divider, a powerful device that lets her slice through fractured seconds, Juno races to seal temporal rifts and battle monstrous beings feeding on lost moments. But every mission costs her time literally. Fast-paced, cinematic, and full of twists, Chrono Runners: Kill Time, Save the World is a high-stakes sci-fi adventure where every second could be your last.

In the far future, the Arcade, one of the advanced civilizations of the universe has won the colonization war, colonizing multiple galaxies. All races who survived the colonization became their pets and a long period of peace followed, but peace never lasts forever. One day, one of the greatest Arcadian heroes of the colonization war, a scientist that helped his civilization to victory decided that he was bored. “Peace is boring”. “Let’s spice things up”. “Let’s create something exciting from our pets”. “Let’s make their lives hell and throw them a straw to survival, the carrot and stick method”. On that day, the world changed. On that day, the mad scientist, Magedon decided to create the hell, the hyper realistic game, Runners; Survival and Glory. “Run for your survival”. “Run for glory!” And so it started, the race for survival of the pets of the Arcade era. … Alex, the main buddy of this story had his soul sucked through time through the crazy technology of the mad scientist, Magedon, into the body of a young runner of his race, the human race. From a famous Olympic champion, over a period of just a few minutes, Alex was forced into a track where he had to run for survival. This is a tale of character and resilience of a human who went through time, a story that will keep you on your toes, yearning to see if this would be Alex’s last race and if he can survive. Will this race be his last? Will he attain glory?

One summer, the sky burned red and humanity fell. The alien race known as the Vexari descended without warning, slaughtering millions. But for the brightest and most resilient among us, a darker fate awaited: captivity in fifteen biome-engineered ranches scattered across Earth. Here, the Vexari’s cruel sport began - a weekly Hunt where humans, now called runners, trained, chased, and killed to empower the aliens. To solidify their galactic dominance.

In a world where the line between freedom and control is drawn by towering walls and unseen systems, Caius Ward and his childhood friends, Elian and Rivan Vale, discover the art of parkour. What starts as a simple thrill becomes an obsession, a way of life. They train relentlessly, learning to push their bodies and minds beyond the limits of ordinary humans, finding freedom in the flow of movement. Along the way, they attract other like-minded individuals, forming a group that believes in perfecting the art of parkour—not just as a sport, but as a form of expression and defiance. Unbeknownst to them, their intense training awakens something deep within. Their mental resilience, honed through the constant danger of life-or-death jumps, leads to the emergence of quasi-superhuman abilities. Caius becomes the embodiment of power and flow, while Elian’s analytical mind sharpens to an almost preternatural edge. Together, their group moves unseen, using their newfound skills to expose the rot within society’s highest ranks. As they delve deeper, they uncover the existence of a shadowy family with ties to governments and criminal underworlds, manipulating global events for their own gain. What began as a passion for parkour turns into a mission to bring down this corrupt empire from the shadows. But as they expose dangerous secrets, the group must confront not only external enemies but also the limits of their own abilities—and the cost of the power they’ve awakened.

Marcus Aeon never had much as a kid; he has no siblings, his parents were always running dungeons to pay off a debt they owed, and the only friend he ever had growing up was his negligent babysitter, Sam. Despite all that he was an optimistic kid, “When I become a runner, I’ll form a huge party and conquer every dungeon in the world,” he would always tell Sam who pretended to be tuned into whatever Marcus was saying. One day after coming home from a corner store run and settling into his couch to watch a dungeon being conquered live on Twitch– a dungeon spawned on top of his house.

A unique world, Prax is one of the few worlds allowed to travel through multiversal portals according to a Darlack report. The reason behind this is the planets unique nature. It is made up of multiple different layers all orbiting the sphere that runs on rare magical energy. The portal runners bureau on Prax is an elite force trained to find and retrieve stones with this rare energy throughout the realms and multiverse. Look through the eyes of friends, enemies and the young prodigies destined for greatness. Griff never knew that being a runner would be so hard but he isn't gonna back down yet, but when so many worlds bring so many enemies even the strongest could fall.

Alter egos, other personalities, or whatever they call them. But what if those other personalities have their own souls ? Have their own forms ? Entities beyond the human dimension. Souls that are the opposite of human nature but still bound. Manifesting themselves into powerful forces that the laws of physics cannot explain. Some humans called Tamers can access it and use that super power as they wish. But not all Tamers have noble desires. That's why a secret organization was formed to deal with this problem. Starting from a tragedy, Graham Anderson inevitably has to get involved in a battle that he never expected.

Title: ATLAS DEPTH RUNNERS In a future where cities float above a world consumed by a fungal abyss known as The Depth, running isn’t just survival—it’s rebellion. Shoguichi Rensa once had the fire of a runner in his veins… until his father vanished beneath the spore-choked skyline, and fear took over. Now grounded in grief and trauma, Shoguichi avoids the ledges, the jumps, the wind that sings between the towers—until a life-or-death delivery forces him to leap back into a world he’s tried to forget. With a sharp-tongued girl runner, an unshakable grandma, and a crew of misfit climbers, Shoguichi is about to discover that sometimes the only way forward… is down.

Bai Su, who transmigrated into a book set in the interstellar Beast World, has only one interest: making delicious food at the orphanage, raising children, and enjoying her hard-won new life. Future's great villains? The cubs are all super well-behaved in front of her! The Federation Leader comes to freeload a meal, and his disability is cured! The business emperor comes to freeload a meal, and his infertility is solved! The obese little female gets thinner the more she eats, gradually growing into the number one beauty of the Beast World. She also attracts the number one genius doctor of the interstellar era and the interstellar great captain. The villainous cubs, driving warships and controlling ten thousand beasts: "If you want to get close to our Mom, you'll have to withstand our cannon fire first!" The Federation Leader laughs in anger: "You dare to bomb my armory? Courting death!" The gloomy and bloodthirsty emperor: "A bunch of little trash! You think I'm afraid of you?" The doctor's face turns ashen: "Either give back my research results, or die!" The interstellar great captain dangerously shoulders a Barrett: "I see you're all dying to get locked up." Bai Su smiles and peeks her head out, holding a gleaming kitchen knife: "Time to eat! What are you all doing?" The big shots and the little villains, harmoniously putting their arms around each other's shoulders in a picture of fatherly love and filial piety: "Coming~~"