Böcker av Nicole Hayes

Cinder never burned, Gait is no longer warded, and Enki drowned in Rayne.But Celindria is still alive.Sagan, Tameka, Kyle, and Andrew have more work to do. As if building an empire wasn't enough, they must secure it from the last traces of Imminent while the Probability Matrix collapses the multiverse around them. No weapons can win this; only collaboration with the most unlikely allies.Nox and Rayne work together to discover Celindria's plans as the multiverse's greatest threat remains one step ahead. All the while, the Probabilities swirl into the Eternal Bind.This is it.The is the end.One final battle to win them all, and only one Probability can remain.

A drama set in a steampunk snow globe.Axis Flicker deserves a break, but the Winter's fragile condition won't allow it. Not now. Not while Lexia Tempest seeks solace in the arms of Gauge Snow. Is that such a bad thing? Honestly, Axis doesn't know. Right now, he's putting one foot in front of the other on this path of grief and prospect.On the one hand, Axis' lifetime abuser and progenitor passed into Eternity. On the other hand, the young Factory leader may find a way to repair the damage done by his father and mend relationships with his employees. With his fiance. And even with a childhood friend.What does Winter's future hold in light of all these revelations and unearthed secrets? How exactly was Winter founded? And why are there so many pieces to this glittering puzzle?Axis only knows one thing for certain: Lexia and Gauge are waiting for him on the other side.

A drama set in a steampunk snow globe.Under the protection of mysterious domes, Winter survives apocalyptic weather on the outside. Meanwhile, things heat up inside between the three Founding Families as 23-year-old Lexia Tempest gains more public-facing responsibilities in her family's crop dynasty. This is easy when it comes to the Factory Master's 24-year-old son, Axis Flicker-Lexia's lover since they were teenagers. But maybe not so easy encountering Gauge Snow-head of Winter's mining industry. At age 29, Gauge revels in the spotlight as Winter's Founder and savior from the blizzardy apocalypse.The Founding Families rule the sectors in a triumvirate of equal opportunity in almost utopian conditions. However, a conspiracy beneath the domed surface challenges not only Lexia, Axis, and Gauge, but the entire foundation of Winter.Intrigue, sex, and death threaten the balance. Will a looming past and a shining future shatter the delicate shield surrounding the Founding Families? Or will the conspiracy strengthen passionate dynamics in unexpected ways?

I am Pax's father, Tameka's husband, the Prince of Cinder, mentor to the Shadow, and a Concerted Emperor of Iona Pax. While you've never thought of me as a monster, Rayne, there was a time in my life when I'm certain I was one.It's my turn to tell the story of our complicated histories. Not because I fear you following in my footsteps, but because I fear you think those footsteps are worth following.You need to know everything-everything-about who I am and what I've done to understand why I need our Shadow together. Maybe I'll answer a few of your burning questions along the way. Like was I ever a galactic space pirate? How did I meet our allies and form our empire? Or what do I really think of Nox?Because I know you, Rayne. You need to know all of this as much as I need to tell it, so I can atone for my mistakes. And so you can finally understand Celindria.

The Progeny try to unpack what looked like Tameka's demise, but after a few pep talks, Xelan continues to stage the battle to save the galaxy from Imminent's clutches.Meanwhile, Tameka clears their way to the bridge which pilots the Dyson's Sphere while making a few discoveries along the way. Pax is on their minds, and Rayne is never far from their mission.Imminent unravels under the pressure of millennia in the making, learning their threadbare partnerships may not hold up given what's at stake-Enki, the Vast Collective, and existence as they know it.For Tameka, Sagan, Rayne, Kyle, and Andrew, nothing is more important than making it out together. But with obstacles mounting, that becomes a less attainable goal.The finale to Drowning Enki's trilogy awaits, and the end of everything grows nearer.

Tameka and Xelan formulate a plan to rescue their son, Pax, from Imminent's clutches while negotiating with galactic leaders for allied support.Meanwhile, the Shadow try to recover lost members of their family from Remorse and Celindria. When complications arise, they expend all their resources to form unlikely partnerships in the midst of a galaxy-wide war.Imminent watches all the while as dominoes fall in place to their inevitable conclusion within the coalescence of Probabilities. The multi-verse waits on the brink.Tameka, Sagan, Rayne, Kyle, and Andrew push beyond their limits to confront Imminent for their malicious grip on the Vast Collective, but will the five Progeny find more than they bargained for?

How does one become a war criminal?Was it the abandonment by my father? The subduing of my mother? Could the tyrannical aliens with their boot on Cinder's neck have contributed to my misery and my own impressive kill skill for inflicting pain? All those millennia of fighting for our place in the Vast Collective only to be branded monsters by the very people who made us into assassins.The real monsters reside in Enki.Consider my position, King Rayne. The survival of my race hung in the balance. The well-being of my brother and my best friend. What would you do differently?For the sake of Cinder, the Vast Collective, and the universe - learn from my mistakes.Don't become like me.

Redemption isn't born from a single action. It's forged through a series of choices, crossing the line in the sand, and answering when she calls for help.Korac, naked and chained, can't escape the Vast Collective's prison. But he can hear Sagan's cries, growing fainter through their connection.Razor, the Pain Curator, is undoubtedly behind her suffering. Sagan sought to ally with the ancient alien, using his powerful connections to uncover the galaxy's darkest secrets and protect her family and the planets under her care.Razor shattered her for it.Sagan's trust once transformed Korac's entire life, and he'll be damned if Razor gloats for another day. Korac will find her, and nothing will stop him. Not even his past.

Edify. Ally. Unify.Exhausted, Sagan struggles to balance family, love, and her duties as a galactic General. Despite herself, she's drawn to the enigmatic Pain Curator, Razor, and his Emporium of Exotic Experiences. Her allies warned her to stay away from the ancient alien, but Sagan risks herself in pursuit of this unbalanced accord.Meanwhile, her lover, Korac, unearths a mystery hidden in his traumatic past to form his own alliances against poisonous dissension.If Razor aligns with Sagan, the heroes will gain the weapons, technology, and political connections to unify the Twelve Worlds. Driven by her pursuit for peace, Sagan braves the Vast Collective's seedy underbelly of 'vice for a price.' Yet with each step, she grapples with a sobering realization.Not everyone can be redeemed.

This book is about my journey as I struggled with addiction and recovery. Opioid abuse is a horrible epidemic. In Philadelphia, deaths among addicts spiked after the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Opioid deaths increased 350 percent during the first nine months of 2020. I am trying to deliver a message of hope and faith. As long as you are still breathing, you can always rewrite your story. Never give up. Never stop fighting. Remember, relapse is a part of recovery. There is help available when and if you choose it. You can lose everything you have very quickly, but if you work hard, you can eventually get everything back and then some.

Two years after the events of Volcano Day, Sagan Sterling, General of the Two Worlds' Armies, misses her boyfriend and her best friend. The former serves his sentence on a prison planet for war crimes. The latter sleeps in a machine that bridges the Two Worlds together for the next fifty years.Before the big nap, King Rayne entrusted Sagan with a mission on Gait, where Korac serves his time on the prison planet. Knock out two birds with one stone, right? Visit her boyfriend and complete her objectives? Not exactly. The mission involves extracting information from the infamous Pain Curator, Razor. It proves more difficult than first predicted as he seeks more of her with each encounter.Meanwhile, Imminent, a galaxy-wide terrorist organization, plots against the Shadow. Striking vital and secret locations, their attacks leave the Seamswalker exhausted and frazzled. All while the Progeny navigate the harsh diplomatic climate of Enki, and its frightful Tribunal.As the enemy weakens the Progeny's leadership on Earth and their relationship with the Tritans, is Sagan making a beneficial ally of Razor or falling deeper into his world of vice and pain? Will he take her so far that Korac will never find her?

Captured? Check. Drugged? Check. Mined of her blood to keep the conduit open? Check.Rayne is the bridge between Earth and Cinder.Unfortunately, no one asked her permission to open it. But she has plans for when she awakens.Killing Nox, King of Cinder, isn't revenge. It's justice. For her. For her people. And for every other planet he reduced to nothing.While her family comes to terms with their recent losses, Rayne adjusts to life as a weapon of war. The good news? She can stop Nox before he aces his crash-course in self-destruction. Taking them with him. The bad news? She has to distance herself from those she loves most or risk her own destruction.If the good guys win, Earth might be accepted into the Vast Collective and all the helpful technology that entails.If they fail, humanity, the Icari, Earth, and Cinder go down in flames.