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Nikolas Pleiadi

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Born

in Levittown, The United States

Website

https://www.nikolaspleiadi.com/

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Genre

Crime, Contemporary, Fiction

Influences

Martin Scorcese, Dennis Lehane, Cormac Mccarthy, Eminem, Gillian Flynn

Member Since

May 2025

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Nikolas Pleiadi is a Long Island-born author whose work explores grief, addiction, legacy, and the weight of silence. His debut novel, In Powder Blue, is a gritty, emotionally charged literary crime story set in post-9/11 Levittown — a place where loyalty runs deep, and ghosts never stay buried.

Blending the psychological depth of Mystic River with the raw tension of The Sopranos, Pleiadi writes fiction that feels personal, cinematic, and uncomfortably real. He believes in flawed characters, haunted places, and stories that hit like a fist to the chest.

When he's not writing, he's probably driving too fast down the Wantagh Parkway, lifting heavy things, or building something that hurts a little to talk about.

Visit him at: www.nikolaspleiadi.c ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 616 ratings · 69 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Powder Blue 4.14 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Car In White: A Prequel to In Powder Blue 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En azul polvo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nikolas Pleiadi liked Penny Reining's review of In Powder Blue: "I don’t usually love crime novels, but this was an exceptional I liked it because not only was it about crime, but you actually knew the protagonist as he was growing up, and you can see why parents of criminals sometimes say, “but he was such a good" Read more of this review »
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Nikolas Pleiadi made a comment on Mindy Maurer’s review of In Powder Blue " Thanks sweetheart "
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Nikolas Pleiadi made a comment on Samantha Gill’s review of In Powder Blue " Thank you so much for reading it and for the kind words. Part of it is fiction, part of it isn’t. Either way most of it comes from somewhere real emot ...more "
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Nikolas Pleiadi liked Samantha Gill's review of In Powder Blue: "This was a great read. I did think it was a true story but I think parts were not? A 4.25⭐️ "
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Nikolas Pleiadi made a comment on Marilyn Colon Davis’s review of In Powder Blue " Totally fair and I appreciate you giving it a shot. A lot of the book is rooted in my own life and people I grew up around, so the personal/memory-dri ...more "
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“You think you’re making choices for yourself, that you’re in control. Every choice you make—makes you, but every move you make— ripples out to the people around you. And sometimes, you don’t realize how bad you’ve fucked it all up until it’s too late.”
― Nikolas Pleiadi, In Powder Blue

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“But the trick is, you get so good at disappearing, you start to wonder if you’re even there anymore.”
― Nikolas Pleiadi, In Powder Blue

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