GUTTED: A mother’s worst nightmare becomes reality.
Lana Wexler is a dock worker on the Cliff Island Sea Farm. She’s tough and independent, but she is afraid she doesn’t have what it takes to be a single mom. Full of anxiety, she travels from her home to a state-of-the-art medical facility built on a floating ecopolis to give birth to her first child.
She believes she is in a safe place, under the care of one of the top physicians in the world. For weeks her child undergoes testing with no end in sight. Finally, frustrated and exhausted, Lana insists on going home.
Instead of being released, she finds herself locked away and her newborn baby taken. Lana will do anything to get her child back but, first, she has to find a way out of her high-tech prison.
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EMPYREAN: An alien prophecy meets a human quest for survival in this other-world science fiction adventure.
Jahira Williams has always been most at home on a flight deck. When a tragic accident destroys the generation starship, Aquilo, Jahira is forced to start a new life on the ground on a planet that should never have been colonized.
Her grief is soon overshadowed by worry for her friend and co-pilot, Magnar. Jahira witnesses Magnar drinking from the planet’s mysterious silver pools. When his erratic behavior takes a turn for the worse, she knows she must find a way to help him, but has no idea what to do.
Meanwhile, Krnar, a native inhabitant of the planet Leron, risks everything to prove his worth to himself and his people. He believes he could be the one to fulfill the prophecy. What he discovers will change his life forever.
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EMPYREAN’S FALL: Fear, jealousy, and the ultimate betrayal threaten to destroy the tentative connection between human and Leroni.
The Leroni have returned to the land of their ancestors but, for some, it is not the paradise they’d imagined it would be. Tllomell finds herself torn between her old life and her new reality. Fear pulls her in one direction and hope tugs her in another. Which path will she choose?
Jahira struggles to find purpose now that she can no longer fly. Krnar attempts to adjust to his new role as a hero. Both face the disapproval of peers over their continued relationship. Can their bond survive the return of Krnar’s people?
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EMPYREAN’S FUTURE: For some people, change happens gradually. Jahira and Krnar are not some people.
Jahira is on a mission to find out who has made their new home a target. In the midst of her quest, she finds herself in a fight for her life.
Krnar deals with the challenge of becoming apprentice to The Akaruvel. Meanwhile, he is forced to face his biggest fear.
Together they must make a decision that will change the future for both of their peoples. Will they make the right choice?
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Searcher: The fate of the world rests in the hands of a criminal.
Hasahai is a young man with a thirst for adventure, and a knack for making mistakes. After being assigned as an apprentice to the second best Searcher in the city, he finally feels like his life is headed in the right direction.
When he stumbles into the middle of a plot to destroy the First Mother and First Father, only he can stop the evil plan for revenge. But who is going to believe a teenage delinquent?
Nicole L. Bates 