The Bastard’s Rise

After sacrificing his life to save civilians during a terrorist hijacking, a young Malaysian-Indian man dies shielding others from a bomb. But fate grants him a second chance—he is reborn as Dante, the illegitimate son of the prestigious Ruthwilfer Clan. Despite his noble blood, Dante is scorned, bullied, and treated as an outcast by his siblings, the clan’s elders, and even his own father.



Determined not to be trampled again, Dante vows to rise above them all. Armed with the knowledge of his past life and his new world, he begins his ruthless climb to power, respect, and dominance. But as he grows stronger, a deeper mystery surrounding his rebirth and his true lineage begins to surface—one that may shake the very foundations of the world he thought he understood.