Nyx Fortuna (Manus)

Nyx Fortuna never intended to become the Guardian of a Waystation between worlds, but with no job and nowhere to live, disappearing into a place that's not-quite-Earth doesn't seem like a bad idea. Nyx has barely rubbed the shine off her new Guardian tattoo when the All-Council-the galactic governing body of the magical universe-informs Nyx that an illegal traveler came through her Station, and it's her job to apprehend him. Her backup? The Station's Avatar-a smart-mouthed, pocket-watch-toting, housecat-sized griffin-and Nyx's new assistant, a rough-and-tumble Amazon who's up to her sword hilt in weaponry. Things start looking up when the illegal traveler turns himself in, until Nyx learns he actually came to Earth looking for her. He thinks his best friend-and coincidentally Nyx's ex-boyfriend-hid the most powerful object in the universe with her: the Harvester of Worlds. Nyx is determined to sort out this intergalactic mess and keep her new job, even if she has to visit the most dangerous planet in the galaxy and rescue her ex-boyfriend to do it. Oh, and if she suspects she's been wearing the Harvester of Worlds as a necklace for the last five years, well, what's the worst that could come from a power object with a name like that?

She's been to the universe's prison planet, why not check the black market off her bucket list next? Life at Nyx's Station has been a little tense of late. There are the fugitives she's hiding, the Harvester of Worlds she still doesn't know what to do with, and then there's the ex-boyfriend she's been avoiding. So when someone from her elusive past shows up in Earth Between, Nyx jumps at the distraction-and the chance to finally get some answers. The only problem is, her childhood friend Seth has no intention of answering any of those questions. When he portal-jumps to the forbidden Shadow Market, it should be a guaranteed escape from a Station Guardian, but Nyx's altered bond with her Station means following him is a possibility. One she has every intention of making a reality. Her newfound friends insist on coming with her, and really, what's the worst that could happen from taking three ex-Enforcers, two Amazons, and one Tiagren shifter to the world's most notorious black market planet?

This time, leaving Earth was not Nyx's choice... After her latest trip off-planet, Nyx Fortuna has every intention of keeping both feet firmly on her Station. Between trying to figure out why the Kumir have been hunting her friend Seth, searching for a way to destroy the Harvester of Worlds, and getting frustrated by the glacially slow return of her memories, she doesn't have any time for planet-hopping. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans. When she's abducted from Earth Between, Nyx finds herself in the remote reaches of the universe, on planets unconnected to the Station's ley lines. Her only hope lies in mastering the portal magic she's only just discovered she has. But even if she can manage its use, does she have enough magic-and determination-to find her way back home?

Just once, Nyx Fortuna would like something in her life to be easy...Nyx has finally managed to dismantle the magic keeping her from her missing memories, but things are a bit...fractured. Her mind keeps slipping into different points in her past, and she's not always aware of when the present is.The issue couldn't have come at a worse time, because she finally has a lead on the Kumir-the race of identical assassins who have hunted the Hidden to the brink of extinction-but following that lead involves another interstellar trip. Recognizing that covert operations on a foreign planet aren't a good idea with her current problems, Nyx reluctantly agrees to let her friends go without her.But when a malfunctioning memory combines with an unintended use of portal magic, Nyx ends up right where she shouldn't be. Complications prevent her from returning to Earth, leaving Nyx to navigate an alien metropolis while hoping her skipping memory doesn't get her killed.

If only visiting old friends was merely a social call… When Nyx's quest to discover the secrets behind the Harvester's rings leads her to the Meerkin homeworld of Kyvren, she's only too happy to have an excuse to visit them. Since going their separate ways from Arkadia's Station, she's been unable to find any information on the state of their planet-or their attempt to reclaim it-and she only knows of one entity capable of covering up a civil war. Of course, the one person who could probably answer every question she has is also the last person she wants to ask. But as Nyx dives beneath the surface of the conflict on Kyvren, circumstances may have her spending a little more quality bonding time with that individual than she's comfortable with...