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Secrets

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Web serial by David Musk

Published off-site186,812 words · 73 chapters · 2021

Mana artists rule the world, and the path to power is a well-kept secret — restricted to state-approved programs and schools. Akari Zeller will never be a mana artist. Not if society has its way. She's a Bronze with no money, no family, and no connections. But technology is advancing too. And to a skilled hacker like Akari, no secret is safe forever. The dark web holds the keys to true power, advancement, and her only chance of survival.

Books · 2

#1 Web of Secrets

Goodreads3.55· 65

Brilliant surgeon Nathan Kirkfield comes face-to-face with his childhood demons when his parents’ deaths force him back home to settle the family estate. Sent to oversee the sale of the house and contents is former FBI Agent Kelly MacNiel, now of the MacNiel Auction House. He couldn’t possibly have imagined he’d find the young man from a case gone horribly wrong grown into a devastatingly attractive man. The two of them discover a connection built in the ruins from that tragedy. Now Nathan must decide if he can accept the changes in his life that this relationship will bring while struggling with his boss’s harassment and her threats to destroy his work. To complicate matters, unexplained break-ins lead to an attempt upon Nathan’s life. If Kelly doesn’t conquer the monsters that besiege him, everything he’s come to love will be at stake.

#2 The Price of Secrets

Goodreads4.56· 9

Kelly must rescue his fiance Nathan when he is kidnapped by the wife of a drug lord out to exact revenge for Kelly accidentally killing her son during a drug bust. An old FBI case of Kelly's returns with a vengeance. The traumatic case that nearly ended his life left him with both physical and deep emotional scars. Kelly needs to finally conquer his inner demons when Nathan, his fiance, is kidnapped by the wife of a drug lord and used as bait to bring Kelly to her. With little time left, Kelly must assemble a highly-specialized team to rescue the love of his life from a drug lord's compound in the remote jungles of Columbia. Nathan's life hangs in the balance as the mother of a murdered child fulfills her plans to exact revenge upon Kelly for accidentally killing her son during the drug bust a year ago. Unexpected treachery and betrayal follow them until not only their lives but the lives of their entire family are threatened.

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