Restraining Silver

by Nicole Hayes

Redemption isn't born from a single action. It's forged through a series of choices, crossing the line in the sand, and answering when she calls for help.

Korac, naked and chained, can't escape the Vast Collective's prison. But he can hear Sagan's cries, growing fainter through their connection.

Razor, the Pain Curator, is undoubtedly behind her suffering. Sagan sought to ally with the ancient alien, using his powerful connections to uncover the galaxy's darkest secrets and protect her family and the planets under her care.

Razor shattered her for it.

Sagan's trust once transformed Korac's entire life, and he'll be damned if Razor gloats for another day. Korac will find her, and nothing will stop him. Not even his past.

358 pages, Paperback

Published December 26, 2024

About the author

Nicole Hayes is a writer, writing teacher and public speaker based in Melbourne. Her novels include The Whole of My World, longlisted for the 2014 Gold Inky Award and shortlisted for 2014 YABBAs and One True Thing, a CBCA Notable book for 2016 and the winner of the 2015 Children’s Peace Literature Award, and shortlisted for the WA Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. She co-edited an anthology of footy stories with Alicia Sometimes, From the Outer: Footy like you’ve never heard it (2016), and together they've a new book for girls about the AFL Women's competition, A Footy Girl's Guide to the Stars of 2017. She is a Stella Prize Schools Program Ambassador, and one-sixth of the first all-women AFL podcast, The Outer Sanctum.