Shadow Operative: A Men's LitRPG Adventure

By Armstrong Johnson

He was hired to kill one man.
He woke on a world that pays for murder in experience points.

Roman Thomaas is a professional assassin with a dead country behind him, a ten-million-dollar contract ahead of him, and one target waiting at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Then lightning strikes an artifact that should not exist.

A clean assassination becomes an interdimensional disaster. Roman wakes beneath three alien moons with his weapons, his armor, a damaged AI in his ear, and a glowing blue System screen assigning him a new class:

SHADOW OPERATIVE.

He is not alone.

Three dangerous women from the failed deal were dragged through with him: a calculating intelligence broker, a lethal sharpshooter, and a silent close-quarters killer whose abilities make even the System hesitate.

Ardor is not interested in mercy. Its forests hunt. Its monsters coordinate. Its cities hide ancient powers behind new laws. And every kill makes Roman stronger.

To survive, four trained killers with no reason to trust one another must become a team before the world around them decides they are prey.

Something has been waiting for Roman.
And he was late.

Destiny has a price, and it is paid in blood, for Roman Thomaas that's fine - he always collects on his contracts.

SHADOW OPERATIVE is Book One of THE LATE ARRIVALS, an Ardor series.

A Men's Adventure LitRPG packed with no-holds-barred action, brutal monsters, explosive progression, dangerous magic, and women as beautiful as they are deadly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6X19WQP
• ISBN13: 9798184773032
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"