Welcome to Litsy!

Nicole Janicek has survived being shot, but can she overcome the blues of her early 20s? Nearly four years after foiling a shooting plot at her high school and saving countless lives, Nikki begins a short-lived internship as a newspaper reporter; gets hired as a flak by an organization whose leadership consists of people labeled troublemakers by the Church of Scientology; confronts the source of her nightmares, Thomas Lee Harvey; puts her long-term relationship with Derek Schobell to the test; learns a disturbing secret from her friend, Adam Upton, and considers a high-risk offer to leave the planet forever. Can this former teenage hero and trailblazer rescue herself from the consequences of her own decisions? Or does every path in front of her lead to trouble? The sequel answers some of the questions left from "Streaks of Blue" while setting off on a whole new, unpredictable, entertaining and thought-provoking arc. At 87K-plus words, it's considerably longer than the first book (54K) and goes much deeper with its characters. Part 1 features only Nikki's POV in first person. Part 2 introduces four male POV characters, all in first person: Adam Upton, her damaged friend from the first book; William Osborne, a divorced author and dueling pianist from Miami; Roger Janicek, Nikki's dad and a fire captain; and Steve Pearson, a married journalist and Nikki's colleague. Parts 2 through 4 feature all five POVS, giving the story a much more well-rounded perspective.