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A broke Filipino grocery worker survives a hit-and-run and wakes up with three seconds of foresight. To pay the hospital bill and keep his family fed, he sets out to bankrupt the casinos of Asia — slowly, quietly, one nosebleed at a time. But every second he spends is a second of his life, and somewhere out there, someone is keeping a list of people like him.Premise (back-of-book pitch): Aaron Reyes is twenty-three, a business graduate with no business prospects, working the graveyard shift at a 24-hour grocery in Quezon City. His father builds for other people. His mother washes other people's dishes. His baby brother is teething through nights nobody can afford. Then a car runs a red light, and Aaron wakes up in a hospital bed seeing the nurse walk through the door three seconds before she actually does. The gift is small. Three seconds. A nosebleed for every glimpse, a few seconds banked each day for later use. Useless for almost everything in life — except one thing: a casino card laid face down.

Betrayed by his partner and killed in the line of duty, Sub-Inspector Benedict Holstan wakes up in the body of a 5-year-old "useless" noble. Cast aside by his father and left to rot in an abandoned manor, Caelum Valtheron spends years studying ancient grimoires, waiting for his moment. When he enters the Royal Academy, the world expects a failure. Instead, they get a powerhouse. As the only student accepted into both the Knight and Magic programs, Caelum catches the eye of the second Prince, Elias. But Elias carries a dark secret, a poison that kills in 300 seconds without a willing sacrifice. Caelum has the magic to stall the clock. But in a world of political betrayal that mirrors the one that killed him, can he solve the mystery of the poison before time runs out for them both?

Time waits for no one. This a phrase that most of us have been hearing since our childhood but who would have guessed that an exception to this rule would also exist? In a world, where humans are fighting a battle of attrition against extraterrestrials, Andrey, a 17-year-old boy with not much to show for himself except his above-average grades gains a supernatural ability related to time. How would he use it? What will he encounter in his long and arduous journey? Stay tuned for the answers.

In a world ruled by strength, dungeons, and awakened abilities, 16-year-old Kairo is mocked as an E-Rank—the lowest of the low. His only power? Vaultspace: a mysterious dimension where ten days pass for every second in the real world. Useless, they called it. But they were wrong. Inside Vaultspace, time is Kairo’s weapon. With no trainers, no shortcuts, and no applause, he begins the impossible training alone in a timeless void, punching through his limits one second at a time. As the outside world blazes with rising threats, legendary hunters, and ancient awakenings, Kairo quietly prepares to shatter fate itself. This is not the story of a chosen one. It’s the story of a boy who *chose* to become legendary.

What if you could see the future — just long enough to change it? Leon Vale was never meant to be a star. Too average. Too quiet. Just another benchwarmer with a dream far bigger than his stats. Until one brutal tackle during a rainy school match leaves him unconscious — and awakens something extraordinary. A mysterious system called PlaySight activates inside his mind, granting him a seven-second glimpse into the future during play. Alongside it comes a stat board tracking his every move — speed, stamina, dribbling, passing — each with the power to grow. But the System only rewards those who take risks, face fear, and push beyond their limits. Now, thrown into elite competitions, rivalries, and the twisted politics of youth football, Leon must learn to master his power before it consumes him. With teammates he barely trusts, a coach who doubts his worth, and a rising enemy who plays not just for goals — but domination — Leon’s journey from unknown to unstoppable has only just begun. Because on this pitch, talent isn't enough. You have to outthink the game itself.

In a world integrated with the brutal [Tower of Trials], Jaxen Vane was nothing but an E-Rank Scout—living bait used by elite guilds to trigger deadly dungeon traps so the real heroes could walk through safely. During a chaotic S-Rank raid, Jaxen is ruthlessly pushed into a pressure plate by his own team leader. As a volley of poisoned steel spikes tears through his chest, his vision fades to black. He dies a nameless, forgotten casualty. But instead of eternal rest, a glitching, golden interface flashes before his dying eyes: **[Fatal Damage Detected.]**

Lucas Vale can freeze time—but he can’t escape it. What began as a teenage-panic miracle has become an adrenaline addiction: five-minute “chrono-pauses,” razor-fine telekinesis, and surface-thought telepathy that let Lucas walk between the seconds and nudge fate for fun … or profit. But when a casino heist in Macau lights up surveillance feeds around the world, the hunter becomes the hunted. Enter the Curators, a shadow syndicate armed with anti-chrono tech and a chilling ultimatum: join, vanish, or be dissected. Hot on their heels is Mason Graves, a loss-prevention legend who collects frame-skip anomalies the way other people collect grudges. Fleeing Perth rooftops, neon Macau lounges and Vatican vaults, Lucas allies with sharp-eyed journalist Serena Kaur and a growing cadre of newly awakened “Potentials” who can bend reality in their own startling ways. Every pause now exacts a heavier toll—migraines, moral debts, and a ticking directive that demands he wield his power for more than boredom or greed. With global manhunts closing in and entire timelines at stake, Lucas must decide: will he become the Curators’ next trophy, or the architect of a new code that protects every heartbeat he stills? High-velocity, globe-trotting, and pulsing with ethical intrigue, Between the Seconds is a cinematic thriller about the cost of stolen moments and the courage it takes to let time flow again.

There exists a reality where Ling Yun is dead. However, the world of swift swords and strange beasts he was reborn in will never see such a reality because Ling Yun would always revive 30 seconds into the past to ensure he didn't make the same deadly mistake that cost him his life. As such… people were misled into thinking he was invincible! This caused more challengers to arrive and kill him. Eventually, Ling Yun had died so much he had mastered every single way he could possibly kill someone by stealing the ideas from the very people who killed him. "If you kill me, I will kill you 30 seconds before you kill me!"

Flora Bloom, who was betrayed and killed by her boyfriend in her past life, is reborn with a peerless spatial dimension back to the time before the crisis, hoarding food, raising a child, and tearing apart scumbag men and manipulative women. Originally, she just wanted to raise a child and low-key fight zombies and level up together with her family. But she discovered that she was unexpectedly falling step by step into a tender trap meticulously designed by a certain sly and scheming man. Flora Bloom looked at the vast space within her sea of consciousness; it had a farmhouse courtyard, fields, and a Spirit River, but it just lacked a bit of vitality. So, a fat, sky-flying mantis? Collect! A rare little white tiger that can discharge electricity? Collect! A behemoth spirit crocodile with its young? Collect! As long as it's alive and edible, collect, collect, collect them all! Endless scumbags and vile women, a shameless and deeply scheming leader, all wanting to use her to attack zombies and obtain more Crystal Cores for their own gain? Your shameless, worthless life? Hand it over.

[Ding! The 'Randomly Spend' Tycoon System is at your service.] On her way to work, Yun Zijin was bound by a system named 'Randomly Spend'. [Spending Task Completed. A 2x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Villa No. 1 at Xingyu Mansion. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] [Spending Task Completed. A 3x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Dingsi Building. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] ... Yun Zijin was dazzled by the system's rewards, only to be told that her wealthy parents had found her? That she's the true daughter of the Xia Family of Dijing? Being bound to the Tycoon System was exciting for Yun Zijin, but she refused to be part of any cliché wealthy family drama. The Xia Family of Dijing? Yun Zijin: Get lost! Don't even think about associating with me!