Hi, my name is Nikita Slater and I'm the International Bestselling author of The Queens series, Fire & Vice series, The Sanctuary series, Driven Hearts series and several standalone novels. I've loved the written word my entire life and am an avid reader, as well as a writer. I live, eat and breathe books and I'm always working on something new!
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I live on the beautiful Canadian prairies with my son and crazy awesome dog. I have an unholy affinity for books (especially dark romance), wine, pets and anything chocolate. Despite some of the darker themes in my books (which are pure fun and fantasy), I am a staunch feminist and advocate of equal rights for all races, genders and non-gender specific persons. When I'm not writing, dreaming about writing or talking about writing, I love to help others discover a love of reading and writing through literacy and social work.

Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives.

She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city. If she’s caught she’ll be executed, but the price is worth the privilege of doing what she knows is right. Except when she’s finally caught, the sentence isn’t death, it’s her freedom.

It’s the Warlord’s job to weed out the weak and sacrifice them for the good of the Sanctuary. Brutal and autocratic, he is the highest authority. The only threat to his dictatorship is a rebel faction rising up from the slums of his city. When he arrests a rebel leader, the Desert Wren, he sees his redemption. She will help him guide Sanctuary into the future. He just needs to convince his little captive that she’s better off with him than flying free.

What is the price of Sanctuary in a dying world and is it worth the sacrifice?


The Sanctuary Series

"No, I don't think he did it for the joy of killing," Skye says thoughtfully. "Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen an emotion even close to joy or pleasure in that man. I believe he was studying it as he baited it. He was watching its reactions to his movements."


A thought occurs to me. "Do you think he does that often? Watches them?"


She nods absently, reaching into the crib to touch her nephew again, as though she can't get enough. "Yes, I've seen him watching them, studying the way they move. He once said he thought they acted like predator animals in a pack. Only more primitive, less calculating than a pack animal might display."


I think about what Skye is disclosing, the potential importance. She catches the look on my face and nods her head. "I know, if we can discern patterns in their behaviour it could be potentially groundbreaking in our war against them."


Chapter 132: Taran