Books by Ariel Barbera
Fire in Flight
Book One of The Rare Souls Trilogy
“This world was one of vigilantes and unseen justice, after all.”
New Harbor is a city that praises itself on being the world’s first “utopia,” and Matt Ellis wants nothing to do with it. When his sister gets a promotion at Streak Corporation, the world’s best defense contractor, Matt follows her to the bayside city to reluctantly start a new life. But in cities like New Harbor, reality is often too good to be true.
After a sniper attacks the affiliates of Streak Corporation in the dead of night, Matt suits up as a masked vigilante to confront this city’s deadliest secrets, and to put an end to “New Harbor’s Reaper.”
Genres: Dystopia, Mystery
(Expected Release - May 2026)
Gemini Valley Publishing LLC
Moss and Stone
A Novel
Maria O’Hair and Antony Rovina are “soulmates.” And life cannot get any simpler for the couple in the small town of Culmacove Hollow. Maria runs the town’s only bar, The Pine Capsule, and has made a name for herself among the locals. Of course, Maria is not the only famed figure in the small community, as her fiancé, Antony, is the lead scientist at CODA. While Maria manages the local pub, Antony makes national headlines by pioneering the discovery of time travel.
With their wedding coming next spring, Maria and Antony have a lot to prepare for. However, the pressure Antony faces at his job and a dark secret he keeps from Maria may threaten their relationship. When a stranger enters The Pine Capsule one night, their relationship takes a turn for the worse. As Maria and Antony find their love in decline, they must choose the best action to take for their future—whether together or apart.
Will Maria and Antony find a way to rekindle their relationship and restore the natural balance of their world as “soulmates?” Or will they defy fate to choose their own well-being over one another?
In a tale of love and loss, what truly defines fate? And can “fate” be changed?
(Expected Release - Winter 2026)
The Black Herons
A Novel
Optyma—a nation of prosperity, peace, and control. As life goes on within the island’s perimeter, so do the forces that keep the mysterious country in power.
The Black Herons, a team of agents working for an underground Optyman agency, are tasked by their nation’s vice president to retrieve a relic linked to the country’s first president. The prized artifact was given away to the American government decades ago, and the Optyman vice president is eager to have it back.
Viv West has been in this business for over twenty years alongside her partner, Fern Undergrove. The two co-founded the Black Herons long ago and have since seen a constant change in their roster.
Cato Rose, the team’s weapons specialist, and Naomi Hale, the resident hacker, work alongside Viv and Fern through dozens of missions every year, yet these heists have never tired them. But their lives are about to take a turn, for better or worse.
For the herons, this task is no harder than all the other heists they have completed in the past. That is until the team of four is forced to train a new member. Enter Emaline Kit, a teenage agent with an attitude and attachment issues.
Despite a road of obstacles ahead of them, the Black Herons must prepare for anything that could lead them astray—even if these problems may involve the other members of their own agency.
(Expected Release - TBD)
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