Nocturnal Asphalt

Six organisations, six different leaders. All six have engaged in battle thirsting for power. They would kill and survive through any means necessary. Amidst the six way feud five fugitives were brought together and amidst the chaos they escaped many heavy battles. Childhood for the five wasn't exactly sweet, now they're adults running away from the upbringing they had.

After a plane crash, a boy was found by those five dangerous criminals and was raised in the shadows far from the life he was meant to live.

Years later, after surviving brutal trials and bloodstained lessons, they return him to his homeland of Korea, hoping he can finally live as an ordinary teenager.

Instead, Taehyun Navarro is admitted into a prestigious school where status is everything and intelligence decides your future. But beneath the uniforms and classrooms lies a battlefield of manipulation, ambition, and hidden agendas. Within that same school Taehyun feels more at ease due to his harsh past. He wants to be seen as living. If he graduates after school will he return to his roots or continue running away from what created him?

As Taehyun struggles to abandon the habits that once kept him alive, he begins to question whether a “normal life” ever existed for someone like him.

And while he fights to build a future, neither he nor the five who raised him realise one truth:

The past never stays buried.

What to expect in this novel:

- This is NOT a Fantasy or a LitRPG, I do not recommend this novel if that is your main taste

- A Slow Burn story set in modern times

- Psychological matches and mind games, some within and outside of the Academy

- I'd personally recommend it if you watched Black Lagoon but you'll understand the more you read

- This story is a niche, it's a Found family story with an Academic thriller and Organised Crime Noir

- Chapters drop between Monday-Friday