When you choose your friends, you also choose your enemies…
Seventeen-year-old Dee wants nothing more than to help her twin brother, Dum, break free from the trauma in their childhood and speak again, but the only person who can help Dum is the alpha empath, Danyael Sabre, whom the U.S. government considers a terrorist and traitor.
The search for Danyael will lead Dee and Dum from the sheltered protection of the Mutant Affairs Council and into the violent, gang-controlled heart of Anacostia. Ensnared by Danyael’s complicated network of friends and enemies, Dee makes her stand in a political and social war that she is ill equipped to fight. What can one human, armed only with her wits and pepper spray, do against the super-powered mutants who dominate the Genetic Revolution?
As it turns out…everything.
In her quest to help her brother become normal, Dee will finally learn what it means to be extraordinary.
If she survives it...
CARNIVAL TRICKS
1st Place, Royal Palm Literary Award 2015
A genetic time-bomb.
A woman in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s up to her to save the world.
In a world transformed by the Genetic Revolution, Kyle Norwood is an honest-to-God human and proud of it. His deadly skills come from hard work and not genetic sleight of hand. An easy mission to protect two Proficere Labs scientists turns into a shoot-out that leaves a scientist and a federal agent dead. Worse, the research data the scientists were carrying disappears.
In a world where human derivatives are hated and feared, Sofia Rios is almost human. When a fight during her waitressing shift turns fatal, a dying scientist launches her into the shady world of scientific espionage. The unwilling trustee of research that people would kill to obtain, Sofia turns to the man who steps out of the shadows to protect her, even though he appears as dangerous and disreputable as the people who hunt her.
Together, Sofia and Kyle must unravel the truth behind the illicit information she carries before one or both of them are killed. Their mutual attraction sparkles, but the spark could just as easily become an explosion if Kyle ever finds out that Sofia is a despised telekinetic.
SICARIUS SOUL
Some grudges live forever, and the worst enemies are the ones you didn't know you had…
Alpha empaths are dying, executed by an assassin who leaves no psychic trace. Zara Itani derides the mystery as sloppy investigation until Danyael is injured by the assassin's bullet. If he died, his empathic death throes would have driven everyone within ten miles to suicide.
The only solution is to imprison Danyael beyond the reach of assassins, damning him to physical solitude and emotional isolation. Zara, however, bets on her ability to use Danyael as bait to draw out the murderer. Kill the assassin, end the threat, right?
But nothing is ever easy in a world transformed by the Genetic Revolution. Sins of the past transcend decades and centuries to coalesce into a threat no one can contain. A vigilante driven by hate demands absolute vengeance—the suicide of millions of innocent people—and it will begin with Danyael's death…
PERFECTION CHALLENGED (Double Helix #4)
The 'perfect human' Galahad finally challenges his imperfect genetic donor Danyael—and only one will survive…
An alpha empath, Danyael Sabre has survived abominations and super soldiers, terrorists and assassins, but he cannot survive his failing body. He wants only to live out his final days in peace, but life and the woman he loves, the assassin Zara Itani, have other plans for him.
Galahad, the perfect human being created by Pioneer Labs, is branded an international threat, and Danyael is appointed his jury, judge, and executioner. Danyael alone believes that Galahad can be the salvation that the world needs, but is the empath blinded by the fact that Galahad shares his genes, and the hope that there is something of him in Galahad?
In a desperate race against time and his own dying body, Danyael struggles to find fragments of good in the perfect human being, and comes to the wrenching realization that his greatest battle will be a battle for the heart of the man who hates him.
XIN
3rd Place, Royal Palm Literary Award 2016
In pursuit of life and happiness, scientific experiments go terribly wrong.
And the innocent are paying the price…
When the trail of Danyael Sabre’s stolen blood exposes illegal scientific research at a Chinese laboratory, it unleashes a designer drug with terrifying side effects and imperils the decades-long peace between China and America.
NSA analyst Mu Xin, the clone of a Shang-dynasty queen, steps into the fray to stem the chaos, but in a land where ancestral worship and beliefs in incarnation exist alongside cutting-edge genetic engineering, will Xin find herself trapped or liberated by her past?
She will risk her life; Danyael his sanity and his life.
And even then, their sacrifice may not be enough to hold back the tide of chaos and death that will consume China, and then the world...
Aeternae Noctis
"…A stunningly original take on post-apocalyptic science fiction and fantasy!"
ETERNAL NIGHT
1st place, Fantasy, Royal Palm Literary Award 2014
Demonic overlords command vampire armies, but they are not the ones to fear…
For a thousand years, humans cowered beneath the rule of the Night Terrors, but Jaden's five-year-old sister is prophesied to stop them…if they don’t get to her first.
To protect her, Jaden leads a rebellion against the Night Terrors, but when he is captured in battle and dragged before the demonic queen Ashra, he realizes that he has seen her face before…every night in his dreams.
Ashra is fighting her own battle for survival against enemies without and treachery within. But when Jaden stumbles upon Ashra's darkest secret and uncovers the truth about the city of eternal night, he realizes that nothing may be what it seems…including himself.
ETERNAL DAWN
Immortals and mortals struggle to co-exist.
An enemy is changing the rules…
All parents in Aeternae Noctis have lost children to the culling, among them, the herbalist Rafael Varens. Humanity's remnants rise in rebellion against the ruthless rule of the three immortal icrathari and their vampire army; yet again, they are crushed.
When the icrathari Siri seeks a salve for her chronic pain, she and Rafael strike a bargain. He will cure the poison in her blood if she expands the settlement and frees the children, including his son. Their tentative alliance ushers in unexpected friendship, until it is shattered by the cruelest betrayal.
From the darkness below the earth, an ancient and implacable enemy rises, twisting their pain and turning Rafael and Siri against each other—his first step in the destruction of Aeternae Noctis…
ETERNAL DAY
The only chance at survival demands an impossible reconciliation…
Erich Dale was once a poet, an artist, and in love with the night. Now, he’s an elder vampire cursed into insanity by the icrathari warlord, Tera. Trapped in the fragments of his shattered mind is the key to healing a scorched and devastated Earth.
Only Tera can unlock his secrets, but she is a destroyer, not a nurturer. Erich, consumed by hatred and a desire for vengeance, will not be soothed. Together, they can end the thousand-year reign of eternal night, but unless there is forgiveness, there can be no reconciliation. Without reconciliation, hope perishes.
She created her worst enemy, and now, his hate will damn all humanity, forever…
Other Science Fiction and Fantasy novels by Jade Kerrion
CONFESSIONS OF THE UNDERWORLD BOATER
Losing my job wasn’t the problem…
Being recalled was.
No one believes in the Greek gods anymore, which leaves me with nothing to do at the banks of the river Styx.
Boredom isn’t an excuse for bad judgment, but I should have known better than to hang out in Fort Lauderdale.
The nightclub owned by my elder brother Thanatos—Death—is the hottest destination on the beach, until mortals inexplicably sicken and die—
—and show up at the Styx.
The displaced mortals are the first pawns in the long-overdue war between the gods of Olympus and the offspring of the Titans—the children of Nyx, my siblings and me.
My name is Charon, and my only power as the ferryman is to travel any path between Point A and Point B.
Unfortunately, that power isn't going to be enough to escape—or avert—the apocalypse headed my way…
ILLUSIONS
Sometimes, the truth begins with a lie…
Desperate to break the suffocating grip of eternal winter, the fae prince Varian summons the most powerful witches and fae to shatter the icy shroud around La Condamine, but no one wants to die for the prince’s cause. When he conscripts by force, they flock to Nithya, begging her to wrap her flawless illusions around their magic bracelets.
Nithya undermines Varian’s tyranny until she realizes there is more to him than the façade of a merciless dictator. Even so, she’s not the biggest traitor in the realm. The conspiracy that murdered Varian's father now turns its malice and hatred against him. Nithya finds herself entangled in treachery, betrayal, and illusions far more entrapping than anything she can conjure.
The prize is the soul of a nation, and the price is everything she cherishes—including Varian’s love.
EARTH-SIM
1st Place, Young Adult, Royal Palm Literary Award 2013
“Earth-Sim starts off awesome and just keeps getting even better…” Cara Drake
A planetary management simulation program…
Two students who failed Communications 101…
What could possibly go wrong…?
Jem Moran has a reputation to prove and a secret to protect. The prestigious world simulation program seems the answer to both her problems, but only if she can succeed in spite of her slacker of a partner, Kir Davos, and the uncooperative human beings who populate her planet.
From the Great Extinction to the Renaissance, from world wars to intergalactic treaties, Jem’s conflict with Kir will shape Earth’s history, and their opposing management styles will either save or doom our planet.
This tongue-in-cheek, award-winning novel blends geography, history, mythology, and popular cultural into a breathtaking panorama of Earth. Read Earth-Sim, and you'll never see our planet the same way again… Either way, you finally have someone to blame for the shape our world is in.
MAGE’S LEGACY
He's desperate.
She’s a fraud.
Together…they’re a disaster.
To save his siren clan from the ravaging sea serpents, Gabriel must seek the help of a mage to recover the Legacy Stone and heal the oceans. That’s how he finds himself at Kerina’s doorstep, begging for her aid, and grateful when she reluctantly agrees.
Now Gabriel and Kerina must survive the perils of the cursed seas and challenge the demonic Tua and his seven monstrous children for control of the Legacy Stone—a difficult enough task for a lone siren warrior and a powerful mage…
Except, Kerina’s not really a mage. The real mage died weeks before and hadn’t even been cold in her grave when Gabriel arrived desperate for her help. Kerina hadn’t exactly been eager to correct his mistake then, and now her lie of omission could leave the world in danger of complete extinction.
Kerina’s not sure how long she can keep up the ruse, and she’s running out of time to confess.
Fans of Kiera Cass, Neil Gaiman, and Faith Hunter will find this dystopian-fantasy siren adventure intensely addicting.
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“…I wish I could award more than 5 stars!”–Hillel Kaminsky
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At 3 a.m., when her husband and three sons are asleep, USA Today best-selling author JADE KERRION weaves unforgettable characters into unexpected stories.
Her debut science fiction novel, PERFECTION UNLEASHED, won six literary awards and launched the DOUBLE HELIX series which blends cutting-edge genetic engineering and high-octane action with an unforgettable romance between an alpha empath and an assassin. Readers continue their adventures in this dystopian Earth with the spin-off futuristic thriller series DOUBLE HELIX CASE FILES, starting with MIRIYA.
The DAUGHTER OF AIR and LORD OF THE OCEAN series, beginning with CURSED TIDES, blends fairy tales and mythology into urban fantasy. It’s the story you always wanted to read: The Little Mermaid finally kicks ass!
Jade's award-winning fantasy novel, ETERNAL NIGHT, draws you in the post-apocalyptic world of AETERNAE NOCTIS where humans–victims of a war between immortals–are about to tip the balance.
LIFE SHOCKS ROMANCES, starting with AROUSED, features Jade’s sweet and sexy contemporary romance series, which proves that, at the very least, she knows how to alphabetize books.
Jade's devious plan for world domination begins with making all her readers as sleep-deprived as she is.
Other Books By Jade Kerrion
The Double Helix Collection
Perfection Unleashed
Perfect Betrayal
Perfect Weapon
Perfection Challenged
Miriya
Zara
Silence Ends
Carnival Tricks
Sicarius Soul
Xin
Daughter of Air
Cursed Tides
Cursed Blade
Cursed Flame
Cursed Heart
Lords of the Ocean
Cursed Prince
Cursed Throne
Cursed Legacy
Aeternae Noctis
Eternal Night
Eternal Dawn
Eternal Day
Other Science Fiction and Fantasy
Confessions of the Underworld Boater
Illusions
Earth-Sim
Mage’s Legacy
East of the Sun
Shere Khan
The Seventeenth Slave
Life Shocks Romances
Aroused ~*~ Betrayed ~*~ Crushed ~*~Desired
Ensnared ~*~ Flawed ~*~ Graced ~*~ Haunted
Inflamed ~*~ Jilted ~*~ Kindled ~*~ Lured
Maligned ~*~ Nurtured ~*~ Owned ~*~ Prized
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