“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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The Diabolic
von 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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Rezension von Natália Oliveira<blockquote><b><i>“Perhaps scorpions were the only ones who could save each other.”</i></b></blockquote> I really enjoyed this book! I decided to read it after seeing a lot of booktubers commenting on it and the story seemed something that I would like and I was not wrong at all! The world building was interesting, even though I would have liked the author to explore on the rebellion of some of the planets against the empire a little more, and maybe a little bit more on how planet-bound people live. I liked all of those intricate political games, the deceits, the twists and turns, the way that society worked on the inside, it made the book a page turner and kept me on the edge of my seat at all times. Nemesis was such an interesting character and her struggle with her humanity (because, despite being genetically engineered, she was still human, as much as the Empire told otherwise) versus her Diabolic nature was one of the things that made this book so enthralling to me. The slow but sure unraveling of her emotions - the true love she felt for Sidonia, despite the programming, the friendship with Neveni, the love for Deadly and Tyrus - was so beautiful to watch. And she managed to still be a force to be reckoned with, with the lengths she would go to protect the people she loves. She was my favorite character. And her romance with Tyrus, UGH! Their chemistry is off the charts, from the start. The twists of the story were not predictable and left me heartbroken, but they were clever and I think necessary (except the last one, maybe). Now, Sidonia. She's not a character that's developed much in the book, but by the end we have a pretty big revelation about her that not only made sense but added to her character and made her more interesting. I wish we could see more of her, maybe a novella from her POV? Overall, this was such a good book. Interesting, complex characters, amazing world building and a plot that made it impossible to put it down. The ending was satisfying, although it left a bit to the imagination, but it wrapped up everything. An enjoyable read and a solid 5 stars for me. EDIT: OMG, THIS IS NOW A TRILOGY! I'm curious about what book 2 and 3 will be about. Maybe Sidonia's POV (I NEED THIS)? A continuation of Nemesis story? More on the rebellions and the empire? Another set of characters altogether, but within this same world? I NEED MORE INFORMATION!