Raven could almost enjoy this life where her biggest concern is chasing off beasts that stray too close to town, but the silver-eyed shadow haunting her sleep has her on edge.Then a man she never expected to see again warns her that the Silverblood Brotherhood is hunting her once more. His words confirm her suspicions that her nocturnal visitor is more than a mere nightmare.The only way to protect her new home now is to leave it, but she has nowhere to go until the discovery of an item that belonged to her mother opens a door for someone else to enter her dreams. Someone who might be able to help her if she can survive long enough to reach him. Outside of her career as an author, Nikki is a professional technical and creative writer, spider wrangler, animal lover, and devoted cat mom. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories has been a lifelong passion for her. She loves to draw upon her myriad life experiences, doing everything from wild cave exploration and competitive horseback endurance riding to practicing iaido and archery. She invites you to join her on some fantastic adventures.Grand Prize Winner of the Dante Rossetti Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Girl and the Clockwork CatFinalist in the Book Blogger Novel of the Year Awards (BBNYA) for Child of Vanris.Shortlisted for the Ozma Award for Fantasy Fiction for Child of Vanris.Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for The KeeperFinalist for the Cygnus Award for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction for DissidentWriters of the Future finalist with the short story In Silence Waiting.NOTE: No generative artificial intelligence (A.I.) has been or will be used in any part of the creation of my books.
