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― 2030年、AI総理が誕生して激変した大阪 　受験が迫る高3のザイは、最近梅田に出来たばかりの新大阪大学へとオープンキャンパスに来ていた。　　 　解剖医兼外科医の一人娘スアと、大学構内を見て回っている途中、ある人物がいるのを見かける。 　それは、先日ここに来ていたとされる同級生二人と、数日前に突然行方不明になったという、大阪府知事の日岡知事だった。 　後を付けてみると、【ProtoNeLT ONLY】と書かれた謎の場所へ入って行き、自分たちもこっそり入ってみる事にする。 　そこには、謎の人型最新AIの"ProtoNeLT"が多数設置されており、さっき見かけた3人も含まれていた。 　翌日、その違和感から全てが始まる⋯⋯

"Some books are meant to be read, while others are to be put away." Francesca Johnson, unaware of her true identity, lives her life like every normal girl, until one day, she awakes in a strange land where she is princess and has a big duty to perform. It dawns on her that all she has been reading in a fantasy book are not mere fiction but her life's story. Things get even more complicated when she meets Rio — the runaway alpha — whose dark secrets and past deeds threaten their relationship. How will Francesca survive in this whole new world with lot of secrets and evil?

Sarai was an orphan omega slave. She was facing bullying and mistreatment from her park members.  At first, she didn't understand why. Only because she was helped by a mysterious person to learn from books? Or was it about her funny dreams of becoming the first she-beta in history? Was her dreams so funny after all?  As if that's not enough, she then got rejected on her 18th birthday by her fated mate, Alpha Damon. What role could Damon play in her journey of becoming a she-beta?  Could they confront their differences and come together to make her aspirations a reality?

Vivian Harper has always been invisible—a shy, introverted high schooler who prefers books to bullies at Westbridge High. But when Tyler Grayson, a dangerously handsome transfer student with eyes that pierce through her defenses, arrives, her quiet life unravels. Tyler whispers of werewolves and mates, secrets Vivian can’t comprehend. As Vivian grapples with the truth of her hidden werewolf nature, Tyler reveals his own: he’s a future alpha, bound by pack duty, and Vivian is his fated mate. But with every secret unveiled, a new threat emerges—will their mate bond survive, or will the shadows tear them apart?

Jewel is expected to be a modest Hasyenda Mangubat heiress but she is addicted to erotic novels. She would buy those books in secret and hide them in her room, away from her parent's eyes. She agreed to marry the Mayor's son, Gideon Manasseh, in the hope that Gideon would tolerate her vices. But to her surprise, her new husband appears to be stricter than her parents. Not only do her vices need to be hidden from him, but so do her sexual nightmares. Because those wet dreams are crawling out of her fantasies into her reality... and it is scarier than she thought.

"Rather than serving you, I prefer to die." The Outsiders have been subjected to the oppression of the king's soldiers for centuries, especially during the annual Purge, where every fifteen-year-old person - now an adult - is kidnapped. Ystal is only a child when, during his tenth Purge, is bought by a mysterious man. He says his name is Sylien and that he is an Alchemist, the only known survivor of a population that has now been destroyed. He claims to be looking for an assistant, and that Ystal is the right person. Through mysterious spells, ancient books of lost history and unknown feelings, Ystal will make a journey, in search of true freedom, against a tyrant who, for years, has reigned supreme.

"2030.06.01" 世界初のある事が日本にて行われた。 "最新型AIの総理大臣就任" 衝撃的ニュースから3か月後、"大学3年の三船ルイ"はやる事を終え、"幼馴染のユキ"と会って久しぶりに外食をしている時、『AI総理大臣は新たな経済対策を発表しました』という意味深な速報を目にする。 直後、"AIアンドロイドに人が食われて死ぬ"というありえない事件を目にした二人は、この新経済対策の"本当の恐怖"を知る事になる――。

Tri Ananda Putri, siswi SMA naif, terjerat dalam janji manis Raihan Azizi, perawat muda yang menjanjikan pernikahan mewah sebagai "pelabuhan terakhir." Namun, cinta itu berubah menjadi penjara. Penemuan pita satin maroon dan foto pernikahan rahasia Raihan di Surabaya membongkar kebenaran pahit. Tri hanyalah persinggahan sementara. Di bawah kendali manipulatif, Tri dipaksa membuang persahabatannya dengan Dina dan membiarkan masa depannya hancur demi membuktikan "ketulusan." Saat nilai akademiknya runtuh dan isolasi mengancam jiwanya, Tri harus memilih antara terus memeluk ilusi janji palsu atau bangkit melawan predator emosional yang telah mencuri masa remajanya. Sebuah kisah pedih tentang pengkhianatan, manipulasi psikologis, dan perjuangan seorang gadis untuk merebut kembali harga dirinya dari tangan seorang penipu.

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

Being the only child to the Queen of Castle Grey, lost within the confines of mount Trenon, Kilvic is made to learn a number of things best suited to the heir to the Elzcrid bloodline at the hands of tutors handpicked by his mother. However, his fifteenth birthday sends him beyond the reaches of his mother’s domain. She has tasked him with the duty of learning more. Understanding greater things than she can teach him, greater things with which to cope with the curse upon his bloodline as she had been taught by her father and mother. Finding himself in a new kingdom, in an academy designed for only the most elite of mages, Kilvic is tasked to survive the new things he will come to learn, while struggling with the chaos of human association, as he comes to understand that while he may know a great deal about the world from the castle archives, it is a different thing to experience them. The association between people isn’t as easily deciphered as the books made them seem. As he struggles with the task of becoming a mage and a student along with surviving new friendships, failure threatens him at every turn and people prove pettier than the books would have him believe. Yet, despite all these, somewhere hidden in the shadows of the kingdom, a creature stirs, taking from the academy the one thing it values most. Kilvic must survive the trials of the academy, keep his friends, best his first enemy, and ensure that what stirs must not cause more damage than the kingdom can bear, lest the supremacy of Castle Grey be called into question in realms beyond that which most know. And all in time to attend the Winter Hall Fest.