Margins
Last Resistance book cover 1
Last Resistance book cover 2
Last Resistance book cover 3
Last Resistance
Series · 3 books · 2016-2020

Books in series

Machinations book cover
#1

Machinations

2016

Perfect for fans of Robopocalypse, this action-packed science-fiction debut introduces a chilling future and an unforgettable heroine with a powerful role to play in the battle for humanity’s survival. The machines have risen, but not out of malice. They were simply following a command: to stop the endless wars that have plagued the world throughout history. Their solution was perfectly logical. To end the fighting, they decided to end the human race. A potent symbol of the resistance, Rhona Long has served on the front lines of the conflict since the first Machinations began—until she is killed during a rescue mission gone wrong. Now Rhona awakens to find herself transported to a new body, complete with her DNA, her personality, even her memories. She is a clone . . . of herself. Trapped in the shadow of the life she once knew, the reincarnated Rhona must find her place among old friends and newfound enemies—and quickly. For the machines are inching closer to exterminating humans for good. And only Rhona, whoever she is now, can save them.
Counterpart book cover
#2

Counterpart

2016

Prepare to become your own worst enemy. Commander Rhona Long understands survival better than most. Killed in combat by a malevolent artificial intelligence, she was brought back to life using her DNA, and she’s forged a new, even more powerful identity. Now the leader of the resistance, she’s determined to ensure the machines are shut down for good. But victory is elusive. The machines have a new technology designed to overcome humanity’s most advanced weaponry. Despite Rhona’s peacekeeping efforts, former nations are feuding over resources as old power struggles resurface. Worse, someone inside the resistance is sabotaging the human cause—someone who, from all appearances, seems to be Rhona . . . or her exact replica. Jump into the heart-stopping sequel to Machinations as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can’t outwit: herself.
Architect book cover
#3

Architect

2020

To create a new world, everything in the old one must die. Rhona Long is no one’s commander anymore. Out in the cold after a rescue mission gone wrong, Rhona moves forward with her own desperate strategy to stop the machines—only now she must do it without the resources of McKinley base, currently occupied by a hostile power. But when Rhona encounters a group of machine reformers and learns a devastating truth about the higher echelon’s endgame, she must decide whether to finish what her predecessor started by destroying the brilliant artificial life controlling the machines—or do the unthinkable by saving it. Join ex-commander Rhona Long as she faces off against the machines and their malicious A.I. overlord to decide humanity’s fate in this epic conclusion to the Last Resistance Series.

Author

Hayley Stone
Hayley Stone
Author · 5 books

Hayley Stone is the author of the weird western, MAKE ME NO GRAVE, a finalist for the Laramie Book Awards, and the Last Resistance sci-fi series. She has lived her entire life in sunny California, where the weather is usually perfect and nothing as exciting as a robot apocalypse ever happens. When not reading or writing, she freelances as an editor, plays the ocarina, and analyzes buildings for velociraptor entry points. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in German from California State University, Sacramento.

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved