Nikki Blade: Between Stars And Flame

Clarissa Cameron has spent her entire life dreaming of escape. Beyond the neglected streets of her distant moon lies a galaxy filled with music, possibility, and stages large enough to carry her voice to the stars. She always believed Eli would be there beside her when she finally left. Then his transport explodes across the evening sky.

At fifteen, Clarissa is left with unbearable grief, fractured memories, and one promise she cannot release: she will keep singing—for both of them. But the people who love her cannot reach the place where she has disappeared. Not Rob, waiting beside unanswered messages. Not the doctors trying to give her pain a name. Not even Clarissa herself.

Then she meets Mia. Bold, magnetic, and fiercely loyal, Mia draws Clarissa into the pulsing heart of Inferno, a neon-soaked club where music drowns memory and the right combination of glitter, confidence, and silver capsules can make anyone feel invincible. Under Inferno's lights, Clarissa discovers that audiences want her. Producers remember her.

The galaxy might finally have a place for her after all. As the crowds grow larger, the nights grow longer, and the distance between Clarissa and her old life becomes impossible to cross. Music is no longer simply her dream. It is her escape, her addiction, and the only language powerful enough to contain everything she has lost.

When Clarissa earns the chance to perform before the most important judges in the galaxy, she chooses the one song that leaves her with nowhere to hide. But honesty is dangerous beneath a spotlight, and the industry waiting to crown her is just as willing to tear her apart.

Clarissa Cameron walks onto the stage carrying grief, a broken promise, and fifteen stars. What rises beneath the lights is fearless, furious, and impossible to ignore. Her name is Nikki Blade. And she will make the galaxy listen.