The Diabolic
Reeks: The Diabolic
S. J. Kincaid
- **“The
- perfect
- kind
- of
- high-pressure
- adventure.”
- —TeenVogue.com
A
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller!Red
- Queen
- meets
- The
- Hunger
- Games
- in
- this
- epic
- novel
- about
- what
- happens
- when
- a
- senator’s
- daughter
- is
- summoned
- to
- the
- galactic
- court
- as
- a
- hostage,
- but
- she’s
- really
- the
- galaxy’s
- most
- dangerous
- weapon
- in
- disguise.**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.
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