by Fat_RAT
Noah had everything money could buy and still felt invisible, until Koorien, the one friend who saw him, revealed himself as the Blue Ogre of Osaka’s son and heir to the city’s most brutal gang. Koorien didn’t want a friend. He wanted property, and he beat down anyone who got close to Noah to prove it. Overnight, Noah became “the Poisoned Eyed Devil,” Osaka’s second most feared name, guilty by association, hated for a crown he never asked to wear. Then his family was murdered, his sister vanished, and Noah woke up alone in the Underworld: the literal city beneath the city, home to the same criminal empires that made his life hell above ground. Except fate threw him one bone: he landed in Central Star, the Underworld’s one safe haven, under the wing of its enigmatic leader Kosei, a man who somehow knew Noah’s mother, and knows more about his family than Noah does. Now Noah has a second chance, real allies, and a mission: find his sister before the Underworld’s cults and crime lords do. But somewhere above him, Koorien is still looking for what he considers his, and possessive monsters don’t let go easily. What to Expect: zero to hero fantasy progression, gang/mafia intrigue, dark urban fantasy, morally gray cast, slow-burn mystery (protagonist’s true parentage), psychological tension with an obsessive antagonist.
