The Killing of Worlds: Book Two of Succession: 2

#1 New York Times bestselling author Westerfeld continues one of the first great space operas of this century. Scott Westerfeld the acclaimed author of Fine Prey Polymorph and Evolutions Darling follows The Risen Empire with the next thrilling space opera in Succession the Killing of Worlds. . The immortal Emperor can grant a form of eternal life-after-death creating an elite known as the Risen and so has ruled the eighty worlds unchallenged for sixteen hundred years. The only thing he fears are the Rix machine-augmented humans who worship AI compound minds. They are dedicated to replacing his prolonged rule with an eternal cybernetic dynasty of their own.. Brilliant tactician Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx faces a suicide mission: stopping the next thrust of the Rix invasion with just his own vessel. While ship-to-ship combat rages among the stars Zais lover Senator Nara Oxham is caught in a deadly political fencing match with the Emperor himself. The Emperor has a terrible secret a secret Nara is in danger of finding out a secret for which he would countenance the killing of worlds.