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The bloody tournament to determine the new empress of the intergalactic empire may be over, but for exiled princess Kayla Reinumon, the battle is just beginning. To free her home planet from occupation, Kayla must infiltrate the highest reaches of imperial power. But when a deadly nanovirus threatens to ravage the empire, it will take more than diplomacy to protect her homeworld from all-out war.

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"This one is tense, twisty, and written with the kinetic energy modern space opera demands." - Barnes & Noble

"Kayla is still a hell of a fighter. She´s one of the best female characters I´ve come across in a long time. She won´t back down even when things around her seem to be falling apart." - Impedimenta Magazine

"Full of suspense and twists along the way" - Gamers Sphere

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Rhonda Mason is a debut author of fantasy and space opera fiction, based in the US. Rhonda´s dark urban fantasy short story was published in the anthology Modern Magic. She has an M.A. from Seton Hill University´s Writing Popular Fiction program where she focused on writing Speculative Fiction. She is published in short and long fiction, a member of SFWA and RWA, and works as an editor in the financial newswire sector.

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