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?

Rayne, Sagan, Tameka, Kyle, and Andrew adjust to life in the apocalypse. Having failed to prevent it, they must pull their resources to turn back the tide and save Earth.This isn't going to be easy. They need to combine resistance forces, amass an army, and earn their place in the galactic-wide effort to stop the King of Cinder before he can further spread devastation.Somewhere in there, they need to convince Enki to grant them nacres and technological aid to combat the extremely advanced Night Army. This presents its own set of obstacles for them to overcome. Luckily Xelan and The Brethren are there to help along the way.Recover. Regroup. Resist. This is the only way.Can they encourage humanity to rise against the Icarean invasion and convince Enki there may be another way than pure annihilation? Or will Nox's threat on the Progeny, the Earth, and the galaxy prove too strong to oppose?

Tameka battles her way through the Vast Collective to disarm Imminent's designs. With Xelan at her side, they lead the Shadow into dangerous missions of subterfuge and sabotage for the sake of everything they've lost and everything they hope to build.Not to mention Rayne, who was trapped in the martyr complex and taken to Enki at the hands of those who betrayed the Shadow. Well, maybe. Kinda. The treachery motivation is still unclear.Meanwhile, Imminent and Enki announce ridiculous bounties on the Shadow, tempting the best and the worst galaxy-wide to collect on the very people trying to save them. As the Shadow's missions outline a terrible scheme, perhaps Imminent's intentions are worse than Tameka thought.Without fully understanding the scale of their enemies' plans, Tameka, Xelan, and the Shadow fight to save Rayne and end Imminent. With the entire galaxy in jeopardy, what price must they pay to free the Vast Collective from Enki's grip?

In 2006, Earth faces an invasion by mythic aliens from the planet Cinder.Trained by a human-sympathizer and traitor to his own kind, Rayne and her unit of teenagers find themselves in a desperate struggle against the lethal invaders.The advanced alien army is led by the righteous King Nox-dedicated to his relentless pursuit of humanity's subjugation. By day, his human followers prepare for the invasion at his command. And by night, he visits Rayne's dreams to weaken her resolve.Exhausted and wrung-out, the unit of fighters confront the invasion head-on. If they fail, Earth will fall under the shadow of Nox's revenge, and Rayne will lose everything to the dark king's sinister machinations.

I swear, your majesty, I intended to keep my word and serve my time in prison. But my past complicated matters more than I ever expected.I lived my life as a contaminant. A target. A villain. Now you face the same dilemma, King Rayne.Maybe the story of my life will answer a few of your questions. For example, how does one become a criminal? Was it the abandonment by my father? The subduing of my mother? Or could the tyrannical aliens with their boot on Cinder's neck have contributed to my adoptive family's misery and my own impressive skill for inflicting pain?Consider my position, your majesty. The survival of my race hung in the balance. The well-being of my brother and my best friend. What would you do differently? How will you prevent the relationships with those you care more from deteriorating like mine?Because, I truly hope you do. For the sake of Cinder and the Vast Collective, learn from my mistakes. Don't let your family become like mine.

Trapped and terrified, Sagan fights her way back to the worlds where she belongs. Likewise, Korac battles the restraints of his past to save her. With Sagan exhausted, starved, and disarmed, it seems impossible. Razor, the Pain Curator, made certain of it. Meanwhile, Imminent and Enki close in on the Shadow. The former culminate millennia of careful scheming and test the Progeny's familial bonds. The latter moves closer to finding the Ancient's Atheneum, a library of bones. A sleeper, a puppet master, and a black flame threaten the Shadow's worlds while Razor arranges the ascension of his empire. With Sagan gone, will he remain unchallenged?

Sagan and the Progeny recover from the latest Imminent attacks that devastated their sense of security. Exhausted, she struggles to balance caring for her family, seeing her lover, and working her mission.The Pain Curator, Razor, draws Sagan further into his Emporium of vice and away from Korac and her people. Lured by the promise of information on Imminent's schemes, she risks herself to make an ally of the ancient alien despite warnings from around the galaxy. Much to Razor's delight.While the Progeny respond to Imminent and face Enki's Tribunal, Sagan delves deeper into the Vast Collective's underground. As her lover, Korac trusts Sagan to handle herself while he accepts a mission of his own that unearths his traumatic past.Sagan might learn the hard way not everyone is redeemable, but if Razor joins the Progeny against Imminent, her people stand a chance at fighting the injustice of the Tribunal. For Earth, for Cinder, and for the Vast Collective, Sagan will risk everything.

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.

General of the Collective army, Rayne travels North America to inspire cells uprising against the marauding race occupying the planet.King of the invading race, Nox orchestrates demoralizing assaults on the resistance through his own armies and a cult of zealous humans dedicated to realizing his vision. On the verge of obtaining his most ambitious desires, he will stop at nothing to rule not only his home planet and Earth, but Rayne as well.Rayne''s charged with generating a mutually beneficial solution for both races. To do so, she and her friends must travel to exotic worlds, solicit assistance from higher beings, and trespass on the most dangerous grounds to save her people.Both worlds rely on them to prevent the impending escalation. If they''re successful, the surviving humans can heal and rebuild. If they fail, Nox will own Rayne and the two worlds.

Rayne and her friends lived somewhat normal lives until one day an alien warned them of his race''s oncoming invasion. Fortunately, he trains them to fight it back.Unfortunately, Nox, King of Cinder, accounted for this in his plans to claim Earth.Our five fighters never expected the aliens, affected by sunlight, to attack them at school during the day. Unprepared, they find the horde are much harder to kill than they were taught in training. And their trainer suspiciously disappeared four months prior to the assault.If the good guys can''t stop the invasion now, it will spread across the world. And Nox will use Rayne to make it happen.