Horror adventure novels

novel by H. Rider Haggard

Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 , or simply Sentenced to Be a Hero, is a Japanese light novel series written by Rocket Shōkai and illustrated by Mephisto. The story follows Xylo Forbartz, a former knight who becomes the leader of a penal unit after being wrongly accused and sentenced, later joining forces with the goddess Teoritta to battle the hordes of demonic beings that threaten humanity. It began serialization as a web novel published on Kakuyomu in October 2020. It began publication as a light novel under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki no Shin Bungei light novel imprint in September 2021. A manga adaptation began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comic Regulus web magazine in March 2022.

2007 novel by Dan Simmons

2007 novel by Derek Landy

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2009 novel by Charlie Higson

1902 novel by Bram Stoker