ΓÇ£The perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöTeenVogue.com A New York Times bestseller! Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senatorΓÇÖs daughter is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage,but sheΓÇÖs really the galaxyΓÇÖs 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 youΓÇÖve been created for. Nemesis is a Diabolica humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senatorΓÇÖs daughterSidonia. The two have grown up side by sidebut are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidoniaand she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe. When the power-mad Emperor learns SidoniaΓÇÖs father is participating in a rebellionhe summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve as a hostage. Nowthere is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia. She must become her. Nemesis travels to the court disguised as SidoniaΓÇöa killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt politicians and two-faced senatorsΓÇÖ children. ItΓÇÖs a nest of vipers with threats on every sidebut Nemesis must keep her true abilities a secret or risk everything. As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closerNemesis 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 dangeractionand intrigueher humanity just might be the thing that saves her lifeΓÇöand the empire.