Nakon Trilogy

War hero. Reluctant investigator. Target. First Sergeant Jill Tower returns from a brutal year in deep space expecting rest, not chaos. Her home is gone, her career derailed, and the city she once knew is drowning in corruption. When the son‑in‑law of a powerful admiral turns up dead and the authorities refuse to touch the case, Jill is pulled into a dangerous new role with one mission: find the killer before the killer finds her. The trail leads straight into Nakon City's criminal underbelly - a world of smugglers, political power plays, and the illicit substance known as Cerulean Blue. With a sharp‑tongued AI assistant at her side and enemies closing in from every direction, Jill uncovers a conspiracy decades in the making. Jill must fight for her life in this electrifying page-turner. In a neo-noir world where the stakes are high and betrayal runs deep, who can Jill trust? A Taste For Cerulean Blue is the thrilling first instalment in Dale Sale's Nakon Trilogy, perfect for fans of gritty sci‑fi noir, twist‑driven mysteries, and character‑rich futuristic thrillers. ________________________________ Praise for The Nakon Trilogy: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has everything, high tech, mystery and definitely keeps you on your toes. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fast paced great characters. From TheReading Cafe.com: 'a character driven, sci-fi thriller of murder and mystery; a noir-type story with less in your face violence and sex; a dark and spirited tale of secrets and lies.'

A hard science fiction thriller featuring outlawed artificial intelligence, resurrected consciousness, black-market tech, abducted machines, and an approaching Imperial warship. A dead woman's mind may be the key to saving-or destroying-an entire world. A thousand years after the Imperial Confederation collapsed, Nakon survives under strict limits on artificial intelligence. Investigator Jill Tower is assigned to hunt a disgraced scientist who has unearthed forbidden technology capable of reconstructing human consciousness. At the same time, privateer captain Guster Johansson is dragged into the city's underworld after his ancient repair bot is abducted for use in the same experiment. What begins as a search for a missing machine spirals into a conspiracy tied to the Great Collapse itself. Black-market laboratories, hidden Imperial relics, and political ambition collide as evidence mounts that the past was never truly buried. With an Imperial warship inbound and systems awakening that were never meant to survive, Jill and Gus must decide how much of the old empire they are willing to resurrect. A Taste for Loss is Book 2 in the Nakon Trilogy series. Perfect for readers who love The Expanse, Alastair Reynolds, and hard science fiction that blends investigative tension with big-idea technology and high-stakes political intrigue.