Skill Bleed: The Book Vol. 2 : The Third Signal

by J.C. Stone

Slot 4 has loaded.

It is not a skill.

It is a countdown.

After breaking the relay, Junhyuk and Ayeon should be running. Instead, a third student appears with a warning. The system is moving again, and this time it wants the stabilizer first.

Park Siwoo knows too much. Han Mira has files no one was supposed to keep. Yongsan hides the truth behind the chips in their heads.

The marks are spreading. The countdown is moving. The people who built the system are cleaning up witnesses.

To survive, Junhyuk must expose the hidden war before Slot 4 reaches zero.

The Third Signal is Book Two of Skill Bleed. It is a cyberpunk LitRPG thriller about stolen skills, neural chips, found family, and a corporate experiment.

178 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 26, 2026

About the author

JC Stone is a YA Paranormal/Dark Fantasy author. Although she is a multi-published writer under various other pen names, her debut novella Daywalker - The Beginning can be found on Amazon.com for a reader-friendly price of .99 cents...

Her love of the genre and a desire to "just have fun with a fresh new story" inspired her to launch this series...

JC can be reached at:

jcstone@ghostpinespublishing.com