The Killing of Worlds -- Scott Westerfeld

<p><b>#1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Westerfeld continues one of the first great space operas of this century</b> <p/> <b>Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of <i>Fine Prey, Polymorph, </i>and <i>Evolution's Darling, </i> follows T<i>he Risen Empire</i> with the next thrilling space opera in <i>Succession, the Killing of Worlds.</i></b> <p/>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. <p/>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, Zai's 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.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Scott Westerfeld<br><b>Publisher:</b> St. Martins Press-3PL<br><b>Published:</b> 09/30/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 338<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780765320520<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><b