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Books in The Hexon Code series

  • Blackout

    Jody Calkins

    Paperback (Independently published, March 28, 2019)
    To survive, you must escape.Emerson Wesler and Gabriel Marconne lead a fairly normal life, given the circumstances... Until their city’s cell towers shut down unexpectedly two months before their high school graduation. Then the next morning, there’s an explosion at their home and Gabe's parents are believed to have been inside.But before social services can arrive to take them away, a mysterious agency shows up at their school, claims terrorists are attacking the nation, and forcibly recruits them along with thirteen other students.Now they must train to fight for their country…Only it isn’t long before they discover things aren’t what they seem. And their best chance of survival is escaping the one facility no one seems to know how to exit... All before they complete the training and advance to field agent. Because if that happens, everything's lost.Blackout, the third book in The Hexon Code series, is a chilling young adult dystopian thriller/drama.
  • Redeemed

    Jody Calkins

    Paperback (Independently published, March 11, 2019)
    One mistake can ruin everything… until you are redeemed.Dieran, a young boy who died at the hands of Riverbrook Academy, made a huge mistake. He thought being trapped there was bad enough when he was alive. But now he’s dead. And he’s got nowhere to go.For weeks he’s been trapped, unable to leave. Unable to move on.But then one day, a mysterious new property owner shows up at the academy. And weeks later, all the kids, the ones he thought had escaped Riverbrook, return. And to his horror, the blonde-haired girl returns, too.The new owner claims the experiments on the kids are over. But Dieran knows it’s a lie.Now is his chance to redeem himself. The only problem is, ever since he attacked the doctor, he’s been unable to make contact with the living world.But the girl is there because of him and he won’t stop until she’s either safe or dead…Redeemed is the chilling sequel to Shattered, the first book in The Hexon Code series. Look for the third book in the series – Blackout.
  • Outcast

    Jody Calkins

    Paperback (Independently published, Nov. 11, 2019)
    Punishments are for those who show up late...Sixteen-year-old Ivy Gould's world has turned upside down and all she wants to do is survive the rest of the school year and start her summer internship at the medical center.But then a mysterious agency shows up at her school and recruits a select group of students. And she's one of them.They claim terrorists are attacking the country and the agency needs students to join their cause to fight back and protect what's left.Are they telling the truth? Or is it a lie?She might never know. Because the students who fail to report on time for transportation to the training facility aren't lucky enough to find out.Now she faces a much bigger challenge... and something far more horrifying. Will she overcome the odds? Or is she lost forever?Outcast, the fourth book in The Hexon Code series, is an emotional story of terrible mistakes, huge regrets, and solid determination to make things right.
  • Shattered

    Jody Calkins

    Paperback (Independently published, Nov. 26, 2017)
    She trusted them. And then she died.In this young adult ghost thriller, Marris Sheffield, a fifteen-year-old orphan living in a late 21st century academy for unwanted children, is just three years away from phasing out of the program and becoming a valuable member of society. Until then, she’s stuck within the confines of the academy’s heavily fortified grounds.All is going as expected… until the kids become sick with an undisclosed illness and then a series of deaths occur, deaths which lead Marris and others to question the academy’s agenda.Rumors have made the rounds. Rumors about the screams coming from the basement. Rumors about what the academy does inside its medical center. And rumors about what really happens to the kids who are adopted.But those are just rumors…It’s not until her own death that Marris learns the chilling truth about what really goes on inside the academy, what led to her death, and what brought her to the academy in the first place seven long years ago.Now, armed with this new information, she must find a way to stop the academy and save her friends before it’s too late.Shattered is the first book in The Hexon Code series, a story about pain, loss, and the fight for love in a messed up world. Look for the next books in the series including Redeemed and Blackout.
  • No Way Out

    Jody Calkins

    (Independently published, Feb. 14, 2020)
    Mistakes can get you killed...or locked away forever.Escaping Faction 73 was hard enough, but now Gabe and Emerson face a new set of problems. Dangerous, life-threatening problems. And ones that will test their resolve and their trust in each other.If they survive the round-trip trek across the fallen city to search for their friends, will their love be enough to forgive all?Ivy thought she had Shane figured out. Things were great. Well, as great as they could be stuck inside the prison walls with criminals and creepers.But then Shane reveals a disturbing secret. Now that her world is turned upside down once more, can she ever trust him again?The plot to escape DC Prison continues in this fifth installment of The Hexon Code series.No Way Out (The Hexon Code, Book 5) is a chilling young adult dystopian thriller/drama.
  • Vested Interest

    Bethany Jadin

    Paperback (Elaina Jadin, Dec. 11, 2018)
    A rebel artist, a tech genius, and three former marines.Multiple companies are vying for my new security software, including the men of Pentabyte. They're at the top of their game—intelligent, handsome, wealthy—and it seems they want more than just my code. But everything I've worked for is on the line. Do I dare let my guard down when the stakes are this high?Vested Interest is book one of The Code, a reverse harem series of five novels with heart, humor, and a steamy action-suspense storyline that builds in intensity with each book.Each book in the series picks up where the previous one leaves off and they must be read in order for the story to make sense. There are cliffhangers from book to book, but by the end of the series everything comes to a very satisfying conclusion. The Code series is complete and all five books are available to read now!