Phoenix Rebellion Series by Gail R. Delaney

For eighteen years, Nik has been a solitary man... focused on his career and his career alone after he lost his wife and son. Now, a chance meeting has given him something else, something more, someone to love again. CJ Montgomery is young, naïve and moldable when she meets Colonel Nik Tanner... except he is the only person not trying to make her into something else... moreFor eighteen years, Nik has been a solitary man... focused on his career and his career alone after he lost his wife and son. Now, a chance meeting has given him something else, something more, someone to love again. CJ Montgomery is young, naïve and moldable when she meets Colonel Nik Tanner... except he is the only person not trying to make her into something else. Time and distance would eventually heal the rift that meddling, vindictive hands create, but their story is just as much in the past as in the future... A lifetime Ago Prequel to The Phoenix Rebellion less

The Areth came to our world in the early years of the 21st Century, proclaiming to be our brethren, our ancestors, our allies. Decades have passed and the Areth have now infiltrated every part of Earth society: government, medicine, science, even religion. Some say the Areth are our salvation, others say they are our doom. Retired Earth Force Colonel Nick Tanner doesn't care. He gave up caring years ago. More than once the Areth have cost him everything he loves and holds dear... moreThe Areth came to our world in the early years of the 21st Century, proclaiming to be our brethren, our ancestors, our allies. Decades have passed and the Areth have now infiltrated every part of Earth society: government, medicine, science, even religion. Some say the Areth are our salvation, others say they are our doom. Retired Earth Force Colonel Nick Tanner doesn't care. He gave up caring years ago. More than once the Areth have cost him everything he loves and holds dear. Then Doctor Caitlin Montgomery, the woman he has never been able to forget, finds him in his solitude and changes everything. His son -- the child he was told died twenty-five years before -- is alive and needs him. Nick will do whatever it takes to bring Michael home. He'll lay down his life, if that's the cost to reveal the truth and stop the Areth. Now, he cares. And if he ever finds the Areth that stole his son from him, she'll pay. less

Victor turned his back on everything he knew --- Everything he thought he was -- to help Michael Tanner be free. Something dark haunts Victor, threatening to steal his sanity --- even his life. He doesn't understand it, has no name for it; he only knows the malicious darkness in his mind wants him dead for his treachery in helping the humans. Only in Beverly Surimoto's tender touch does he find some fraction of peace... moreVictor turned his back on everything he knew --- Everything he thought he was -- to help Michael Tanner be free. Something dark haunts Victor, threatening to steal his sanity --- even his life. He doesn't understand it, has no name for it; he only knows the malicious darkness in his mind wants him dead for his treachery in helping the humans. Only in Beverly Surimoto's tender touch does he find some fraction of peace. But how much can he take from her before it's too much? How much before she realizes the demon he is and turns him away? less

Lilly Quinn though she lost her husband Jace in the mission that brought Michael Tanner home. The mission that set into motion the revelation of the Areth's true face. She had reconciled herself with raising their baby alone. But, miracles still happen and somehow Jace is back... at least his body is. His heart, his mind, is still trapped somewhere in the darkness of an Areth prison. Somehow she has to find a way to awaken his heart again... moreLilly Quinn though she lost her husband Jace in the mission that brought Michael Tanner home. The mission that set into motion the revelation of the Areth's true face. She had reconciled herself with raising their baby alone. But, miracles still happen and somehow Jace is back... at least his body is. His heart, his mind, is still trapped somewhere in the darkness of an Areth prison. Somehow she has to find a way to awaken his heart again. All the while the demon Areth breath hot and angry down Phoenix's neck... waiting to wipe them out along with the rest of the human race. less

Nick Tanner set out months ago to find the Umani, Earth's only hope for salvation. Reaching Raxo brought revelations he still cannot wrap his head around, and now he's on his way home. But things aren't the same. Not by a long shot. Michael Tanner has struggled since his rescue from New Mexico to find his place in his new world. He still questions his past, his existence, and the man he is becoming. He has also found a kind of love like no other -- a father's love... moreNick Tanner set out months ago to find the Umani, Earth's only hope for salvation. Reaching Raxo brought revelations he still cannot wrap his head around, and now he's on his way home. But things aren't the same. Not by a long shot. Michael Tanner has struggled since his rescue from New Mexico to find his place in his new world. He still questions his past, his existence, and the man he is becoming. He has also found a kind of love like no other -- a father's love. His childhood was nothing but pain. Can he be a good father? Jacqueline Anderson challenges him, move him, confuses him. She wants more from him, more than he knows how to give. She wants to understand the haunting shadows behind his eyes... wants to understand the scars that mark his body. The battle to survive comes to a crescendo, and Michael will finally discover the man he is meant to be. less