A hunger for space travel. A perilous journey to another galaxy. A terrorist plot that could turn first contact into last rites.

Raya Salian is a bundle of nerves. Humble despite an unsurpassed talent for manipulating the elements, the sixteen-year-old prodigy is both flattered and terrified when she’s tapped for a secret mission – a solo trip to Earth to observe and report. But she barely gets off-world with her life after terrorists attack the launch site, potentially leaving her with no way back.

Crash-landing near a rural Canadian community, Raya takes cover with a group of locals her own age. But with help from home uncertain and extremist forces hunting her, the marooned young spacefarer fears she’s on a one-way trip to the grave.

Can Raya trust the very people she was sent to study?

Elemental is the dramatic first installment in the Elemental YA science fiction series. If you like relatable heroines, thrilling adventures, and building friendships, then you’ll love this stellar coming-of-age tale.

Dissidents want this galactic traveler dead. With all she cares about imperiled, can she survive a journey across the stars to end the bloodshed?



Raya Salian fears she made an awful mistake. Choosing to remain on Earth while her fiancé returns home, the young elemental misses him and her distant planet desperately. Haunted by horrifying nightmares that seem to hint at the future, she’s shocked when hallucinations and migraines are traced to a mysterious brain implant. Who put it there and why?

Relieved when she finally hears from Dev, Raya's blood runs cold when she learns extremists have killed her family. And when more news of devastation reaches her, there isn’t a black hole or solar storm that can keep her from seeking vengeance.

Can Raya channel her grief and rage into the power needed to crush the lunatic fringe?

Down Comes the Dark is the nail-biting second book in the Elemental YA science fiction series. If you like strong female leads, impossible odds, and rocket-fueled action, then you’ll love this tale of loss and courage.

Killing innocents is just the beginning. With civilizations across space in the crosshairs, can this powerful young Elemental end the bloodshed?

Raya Salian dreams of peace. Pursuing her dream of exploring and mapping the universe, the young astronomer cherishes every conflict-free moment she can spend with her beloved. After completing a mission to investigate a mysterious nebula, she returns to dock with the main spaceship and is shattered to find the vessel destroyed, leaving everyone she loves missing or dead.

Taking aim at those responsible, the furious young woman hunts for the terrorists who blasted her ship to space dust. After she is captured by the very people she is pursuing, her blood runs cold when she learns the dissidents’ plans go well beyond murderous chaos to the annihilation of everything she holds dear.

Can Raya escape and turn the tables before humanity is wiped out?

The Oncoming Storm is the electrifying third book in the Elemental YA science fiction series. If you like heroines who grow, cosmic-sized stakes, and implacable villains, then you’ll love this breathtaking finale to the Elemental series.

When Lou moves to a new house, she thinks all she has to worry about is making new friends. But, from the window of her new room, she feels drawn to the field across the way, where strange trees loom large, beckoning her to explore. Not wanting to go alone, she convinces her sister Kerry and friend Tim to explore together where they discover something sinister. Together they will navigate through a summer filled with bullies, young love, and one horrible event that will shatter their innocence, and leave one of them changed forever.

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