A Whisper in the Walls

A Whisper in the Walls by Scott Reintgen

A girl is set to avenge the death of her father. To keep things interesting, she is bonded to the son of the leader that had her father killed. There are various romantic conflicts involved along with castle intrigue. There is also the interesting case of what is essentially a "magical research compact" with various houses. As part of their mandate, they have the ability to look into the minds of each person. It is all a fairly typical work of "revenge" with some magic and fantasy in there to carry it out. 

A Door in the Dark

There are wizards. There is a class system with rich and poor people. There are different understandings of what makes good magic (with class playing a role in this.) After a spell goes wrong, a bunch of kids end up in the middle of nowhere. They try to make it back. Things don't go well. In one case they stumble on a drug operation that does not think too fondly of intruders. Luckily, one person has a device that can "still a few hours of time" and get it back. They managae to survive their adventure. The story seemed a little too long, and my interest would fade in and out.

Nyxia Uprising: The Nyxia Triad, Book 3

The kids have learned that their benefactors have genocidal motives on the planet they are occupying. That doesn't really matter because the two moons are about to collide, leading to the destruction of the planet. There are many conflicts as natives, marines and other forces are all engaged in fights.

After a lot of death and destruction, some humans and aliens are together in a ship headed towards earth. It all makes for a nice ending, but how realistic is it? Would people just believe some kids and aliens over a giant corporation? I would imagine there would be a lot of spin in place. And would society just accept aliens coming down to earth? Just imagine the protests and the government action and red tape. It seems just a little too optimistic.

Nyxia Unleashed: The Nyxia Triad, Book 2

They are now on the planet to mine Nyxia. The learn that multiple parties are not being totally forthright with the truth. The natives live long lives, but are suffering from limited population due to the lack of women. There is also another faction with different motives. They also learn that the corporation that sent them has not been truthful with the plans they have. It reminds me somewhat of the middle books of the Ender series. There is a lot of learning about different alien species together disparate goals. There is also plenty of action that helps to unite people together.

Nyxia

Nyxia is a special substance that you can mold to almost anything with your mind. However, you can't try to manipulate it too much or you will go insane.

The book centers on a group of recruits that are going on a special mission to a distant planet to mine nyxia. They are undergoing training in space. Eight of the ten will be selected to go on the mission and be financially set for life. The other two will receive a small "parting gift". They are undergoing a number of exercises in the process. They must learn to work together and individually. Many of the exercises involve types of virtual reality, but there is real damage done. It gathers together many of the tropes from survivalism and boarding school works.