What they find instead expands the worldbuilding in ways as tantalizing as they are alarming. The faithful don’t accept Nemesis’ humanity, and they won’t accept Tyrus as emperor with her by his side-but when the two realize how much they need to win them over, they set out for the Sacred City to seek out the Interdict, hoping to disprove his existence and get a leg up on the vicars. One point of contention between the lovebirds is what to do about his heir, Tyrus’ badly brain-damaged cousin, Devineé, an easy pawn for powerful senators. While new Emperor Tyrus, who is white, attempts to settle the factions long enough to direct his attention to the existential threat that is malignant space, his soon-to-be empress, the genetically engineered albino Nemesis, concerns herself with making sure he’ll be alive to make good on his dreams. She will have to prove the humanity that she’s found inside herself to the whole Empire-or she and Tyrus may lose more than just the throne.After winning the Empire’s throne in The Diabolic (2016), will Nemesis and Tyrus be able to hold on to it-and to their humanity? But she cannot protect him by being the killing machine she once was.
He is the love of her life, and they are partners in this new beginning. The ruling class, the Grandiloquy, has held control over planets and systems for centuries-and they are plotting to stop this teenage Emperor and Nemesis, who is considered nothing more than a creature and certainly not worthy of being Empress. One where creatures like Nemesis will be given worth and recognition, where science and information can be shared with everyone and not just the elite.īut having power isn’t the same thing as keeping it, and change isn’t always welcome. Tyrus has ascended to the throne with Nemesis by his side and now they can find a new way forward-one where they don’t have to hide or scheme or kill. Kincaid’s New York Times bestselling novel, The Diabolic, which called “the perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.”
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