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Worlds
Paperback
Series: Worlds, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Emanuel Siebert
Published: Sep 5 2025
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Worlds - Seconds is a close, character-driven sports drama told from inside the breath of a reigning world champion.
After a Vegas main event ends with a pro-wrestling-style moment that sets the feeds on fire, TKO triggers a cross-promotion cameo: no stunts, no fight-just presence under television lights. That is where Miran meets Aiko, a quiet, underused performer who rarely gets more than seconds on screen. Backstage corridors, committee rooms, and travel days become their map. He helps her turn seconds into timing; she teaches him how not to perform when the world demands a pose.
Between the honest geometry of combat and the glittering theatre that sells it, Miran chooses restraint-health and clarity over noise-while learning what love looks like when no one is filming. Told in lyrical, precise prose, Seconds asks what it costs to stay true while everyone is spending your name, and whether the softest voice can carry the farthest when it counts.
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