It’s less a frantic battle and more a series of chess moves to force the other side to capitulate. There’s a particularly good space ship stand off between Partisan forces and the Emperor’s, as they both try to manipulate a particular space anomaly for their own advantage. These back and forth jumps made the opening a bit disjointed, but eventually the narrative smooths out and it becomes a sprint for the finish line. THE NEMESIS starts off a bit shaky, as it begins by flashing backward and forward to cover the months since we last saw Nemesis. But when Tyrus threatens to unleash malignant space on planets that don’t support him, Nemesis realizes she can’t let the man she once loved destroy a galaxy, even if that means killing him. Her hopes of reforming the Empire ended in tragedy, with her husband Tyrus captured and drugged by their enemies until he became the mad and cruel Emperor the galaxy fears today. Nemesis does live, but she’s staying far away from talks of rebellion.
It’s the last shred of hope the Excess of the Empire have, that the one woman who came the closest to dethroning the Emperor survived her failed attempt. That’s the whispered rumor across the galaxy, that the Emperor didn’t succeed in killing his wife. Warning: SPOILERS AHEAD for earlier books in the series! You can read reviews of previous books here: THE DIABOLIC THE EMPRESS Note: I was provided a free ARC of the book by the publisher in exchange for my fair and honest review.
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