Nicole Hayes

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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?

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.

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.

When is a secret not a secret? When your whole life is public. Frankie is used to being a politician's daughter, but with her mom now running for Premier, life's a whole lot crazier than usual. All Frankie wants is to lose herself in her music. So when her best friend, Kessie, invites a student journalist to interview the band, Frankie is less than thrilled. But Jake's easy to talk to, and he seems to really like Frankie. That doesn't stop her from wondering if he's just after the ultimate scoop, especially when photos surface of Frankie's mom having a secret rendezvous with a younger man. With her family falling apart around her, Frankie is determined to find out the truth--even if it means losing Jake.