The Wisdom Series

Have you ever dreamed of living your life over again? Would you make different choices this time around? Would you the wisdom of hind-sight to make sure you didn’t make the same mistakes? Would you have more confidence, take more chances, love more, and live more? Would you die without regret? When 67 year old Ariel Connolly participates in an experimental attempt to capture the brain functions and memories of 20 ordinary Australians in 2017, she honestly thinks nothing will come of it. She can hardly believe, in fact, that anyone would give good money to fund such research. Three days after the scan, Ariel dies. As she passed, she thought that would be the end of the story. So when Ariel wakes up 192 years later, in a new 19 year old body, in a post-apocalyptic underground city, her scepticism about the experiment isn’t the only thing she is forced to re-evaluate. She finds herself excited and confronted in equal measure, with hormones raging and a body that looks like it could do anything. When she meets the charismatic and dangerous Carla, one of the most powerful women in New Sydney, Ariel learns just how much her new body is capable of. But Ariel’s new body can’t change who she is and who she has always been. Through love, rebellion and betrayal, Ariel learns one timeless lesson – no matter how many times you get resurrected, you can’t escape from yourself. Ariel has wisdom beyond her years, but all the wisdom in the world may not be enough to save her. Please note: this book contains adult themes, occasional coarse language, and lesbian sex scenes

The Ties that Bind is the second book in the 'Wisdom' Series After two years of enforced separation, Carla and Ariel are thrown back together by circumstances they find hard to control. But as Carla seems to lose power, Ariel gains in skill, and finds she is capable of things never dreamed of. As a deadly enemy rises in New Sydney, the communities of Real Eden and New Sydney must forge a relationship with each other, and grapple with a new group of survivors whose intentions are not necessarily what they seem. In the midst of turmoil, Ariel and Carla are re-united, but they must deal with tremendous changes in their lives. Will the pressure be too much? Join Ariel and Carla on a journey of love, betrayal and self-discovery, in this second book in the Wisdom series that began with Wisdom Beyond Her Years. New Sydney just got deadlier. Please note: this book contains adult themes, occasional coarse language and sex scenes that reflect a diverse range of sexualities and gender identities.

The year is 2149 and Carla, dressed in white, is getting ready for her graduation to the position of Elite in the post-apocalyptic New Sydney City. No different to any other 19 year old learning to navigate their way in the new workplace, Carla has to work out who she should or shouldn't sleep with, understand the Machiavellian politics of those around her, and watch her back as she navigates life in this futuristic, underground society. This short story from speculative and steampunk writer J-L Heylen is a prequel to the novel Wisdom Beyond Her Years which takes place 60 years after Carla's graduation.

In this, the third and final book in the Wisdom series, Carla and Ariel are back in New Sydney, beating the odds (and each other), trying to cope with reconciliation tribunals, a newly organised free press, and several inexplicable events that are causing death and disruption for no apparent reason. When refugees from an island across the sea land on their doorstep things get even more harrowing for the couple and their friends from Canberra and Real Eden. Resources are short already and the refugees threaten to make them even scarcer. But when the visitor’s hostile government turns its sights on New Sydney, Carla and Ariel are thrown into an impossible and dangerous situation. Please note: this book contains adult themes, occasional coarse language, kink and lesbian sex scenes that some readers may find confronting, and possible psychological triggers.