Onyx Effect Series

Artena Zima psychological thriller Onyx effect

The Onyx Effect follows one story across several books. The characters remain. Their circumstances don’t. The journey starts with Courier and continues from there — as survival slowly turns into something harder to escape.


Recommended reading order: Courier → Private Eye → Heir → Owner

Courier

When a routine pickup turns into escorting a silent stranger with too many secrets, Lion suddenly finds himself hunted across the country by forces far more ruthless than he imagined. In risking everything to keep a man he barely knows alive, he confronts the true cost of freedom—and the unexpected beginning of a connection strong enough to change both their lives.
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Private Eye

When Mr. Barrymore Douglas learns he is dying, he hires a private investigator to find the daughter and grandson he lost years ago. What begins as a simple missing-persons case pulls the detective deep into the Barrymore family’s secrets—forcing him to confront dangers, loyalties, and buried truths of his own. A prequel to Courier, this story takes place one year before Mr. Douglas’s death and reveals answers to mysteries left behind.
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Heir

The third book unites two stories—and two lives—as new trials push the characters to their limits. To move forward, they must confront hidden truths, face the challenges that bind them, and find the strength to heal the wounds they carry.
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Heir contemporary noir psychological thriller
Owner contemporary noir psychological thriller

Coming Spring 2026​

Owner

When the inheritance is accepted, the real battle begins. But this time, he is not alone. It’s not money or power that becomes his fortune. It’s the people he gathers along the way — the ones who choose to stay when it matters most.
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Between Duty and Desire

Azur is a captivating tale set in a distant future where Queen Miranda of Azur faces the greatest test of her reign.
When duty collides with conscience, peace collapses under the weight of change, and love itself is questioned, Miranda must confront not only a crumbling world but the fragile truth of who she is.
In losing everything she thought she controlled, she discovers what it truly means to begin again.

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Where We Begin

On a remote Alliance base, Alex—Azur’s envoy and strategist—meets Vel, a woman who has hidden herself from the world. Their encounter forces both to face what they once were and to open a new chapter: for her, to trust again; for him, to rise beyond his past and lead anew.
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His Name Was Ari

Ari, a captured pilot from the outer worlds, has spent years drifting through space in search of love. Sam, a scientist whose ambition once shaped her world, has buried her hopes beneath failure and conformity. When their paths cross, both are forced to confront what they’ve become. Their bond begins as necessity and grows into trust. Through one another, they rediscover themselves — and find the courage to choose freedom, and love, against all odds.
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