num_pages: 416
description: The perfect kind of high-pressure adventure. TeenVogue.comA New York Times bestseller!Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senators daughter is summoned to the galactic court as a hostage but shes really the galaxys 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 youve been created for.Nemesis is a Diabolic a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senators 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 Sidonias 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 Sidoniaa killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt politicians and two-faced senators children. Its 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 lifeand the empire.
language: English
title: The Diabolic
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers