The Left-Hand Path: Apostate

by T.S. Barnett

Nikita is out of time. He's reached the end of Magister Hubbard's patience and Nathan's mercy. By trying to draw his target out, he crossed a line, and he may have released a side of Nathan even more vicious than the stories told. But there can be no turning back—Nikita has been pushed to the brink, and now he's just as desperate and dangerous as his enemy.

Even Cora and Elton are unable to reach their friend or put a stop to his collateral damage, and he's very soon going to go too far in his hunt for revenge.

But with protests brewing across the country and their Councilor collaborator eager to recruit them for work, there may be more at stake than a single Chaser and his quarry. It's a lot to ask of Nathan to return to the same courtyard in Philadelphia where his story began—but if he can be moved toward a less murderous purpose, it may just mean the fulfillment of a promise he made just as long ago.

But even if Nathan turns away from his hunt, it doesn't mean Nikita will.

266 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2022

About the author

T.S. likes to write about what makes people tick, whether that’s deeply-rooted emotional issues, childhood trauma, or just plain hedonism. Throw in a heaping helping of action and violence, a sprinkling of steamy bits, and a whisper of wit (with alliteration optional but preferred), and you have her idea of a perfect novel. She believes in telling stories about real people who live in less-real worlds full of werewolves, witches, demons, vampires, and the occasional alien.

Born and bred in the South, T.S. started writing young, but began writing real novels while working full time as a legal secretary. When she’s not skiving off work to write, she reads other people’s books, plays video games, watches movies, and spends time with her husband and daughter. She hopes her daughter grows into a woman who knows what she wants, grabs it, and gets into significantly less trouble than the women in her mother’s novels.