The Diabolic
By S.J. Kincaid
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers
(November 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1481472674
ISBN-13: 978-1481472678
Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what
happens when the galaxy’s most deadly weapon masquerades as a senator’s
daughter and a hostage of the galactic court.
A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect the person you’ve been created for.
Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senator’s daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe.
When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia’s father is participating in a rebellion, he summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve as a hostage. Now, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia. She must become her. Nemesis travels to the court disguised as Sidonia—a killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt politicians and two-faced senators’ children. It’s a nest of vipers with threats on every side, but Nemesis must keep her true abilities a secret or risk everything.
As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis learns there is something more to her than just deadly force. She finds a humanity truer than what she encounters from most humans. Amidst all the danger, action, and intrigue, her humanity just might be the thing that saves her life—and the empire.
S.J. Kincaid was born in Alabama, grew up in California, and
attended high school in New Hampshire, but it was while living beside a haunted
graveyard in Scotland that she realized that she wanted to be a writer. Her
debut, Insignia, came out in July of 2012. The
second book in the series, Vortex was
released in July of 2013. The final book in the trilogy, Catalyst, came out October 28, 2014. Her
standalone novel The Diabolic will
be released in fall 2016.
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