Books by Ariel Barbera

Fire in Flight

Book One of The Rare Souls Trilogy

“This world was one of vigilantes and unseen justice, after all.”

Secrets. Scandals. And lies.

Nothing is ever as it seems to be in the mysterious city of New Harbor. The city is home to survivors of an apocalyptic war, and holds many conspiracies tied to a fallen nation’s demise and its supernatural stones. Yet when one ignores the depths and only takes in the view of the surface, the issues are imaginary. There is nothing to be worried about.

Eighteen-year-old Matt Ellis moves to the bayside “utopia” with his sister, Madeline, after she gets a promotion at Streak Corporation, the largest weapons manufacturer in the world. In a city suppressing its secrets, Matt must embrace his own destiny when he gets involved in a string of murders related to the company. After all, he is no stranger to secrets, as he keeps his identity concealed as a masked vigilante.

Matt puts his skills as a vigilante to use when a sniper attacks the employees of Streak Corporation in the dead of night. Determined to find the truth behind these scandals, Matt suits up to confront these deadly secrets within the industry and put an end to the sniper’s terror.

Moss and Stone

A Novel

Maria O’Hair and Antony Rovina are “soulmates.” And life cannot get any simpler for the couple in the small town of Culmacove Hollow. Maria runs the town’s only bar, The Pine Capsule, and has made a name for herself among the locals. Of course, Maria is not the only famed figure in the small community, as her fiancé, Antony, is the lead scientist at CODA. While Maria manages the local pub, Antony makes national headlines by pioneering the discovery of time travel.

With their wedding coming next spring, Maria and Antony have a lot to prepare for. However, the pressure Antony faces at his job and a dark secret he keeps from Maria may threaten their relationship. When a stranger enters The Pine Capsule one night, their relationship takes a turn for the worse. As Maria and Antony find their love in decline, they must choose the best action to take for their future—whether together or apart.

Will Maria and Antony find a way to rekindle their relationship and restore the natural balance of their world as “soulmates?” Or will they defy fate to choose their own well-being over one another?

In a tale of love and loss, what truly defines fate? And can “fate” be changed?

The Black Herons

A Novel

Optyma—a nation of prosperity, peace, and control. As life goes on within the island’s perimeter, so do the forces that keep the mysterious country in power.

The Black Herons, a team of agents working for an underground Optyman agency, are tasked by their nation’s vice president to retrieve a relic linked to the country’s first president. The prized artifact was given away to the American government decades ago, and the Optyman vice president is eager to have it back.

Viv West has been in this business for over twenty years alongside her partner, Fern Undergrove. The two co-founded the Black Herons long ago and have since seen a constant change in their roster.

Cato Rose, the team’s weapons specialist, and Naomi Hale, the resident hacker, work alongside Viv and Fern through dozens of missions every year, yet these heists have never tired them. But their lives are about to take a turn, for better or worse.

For the herons, this task is no harder than all the other heists they have completed in the past. That is until the team of four is forced to train a new member. Enter Emaline Kit, a teenage agent with an attitude and attachment issues.

Despite a road of obstacles ahead of them, the Black Herons must prepare for anything that could lead them astray—even if these problems may involve the other members of their own agency.

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