{"product_id":"the-killing-of-worlds-book-two-of-succession","title":"The Killing of Worlds: Book Two of Succession","description":"\u003cp\u003eScott Westerfeld  the acclaimed author of Fine Prey  Polymorph  and Evolutions Darling  reached new heights of excitement in last springs The Risen Empire  and left readers begging for more. Now he comes through with the dazzling payoff in book two of Succession  The Killing of Worlds.  Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial frigate Lynx is a walking dead man. Unjustly held responsible for the death of the Child Empress  sister of the immortal Emperor  Zai has been sent to fight an unwinnable battle. The Lynx must stop a vastly superior Rix ship from reaching the planet Legis  a suicide mission that will almost certainly end in oblivion for Captain Zai and his crew.  On the planet Legis below  a Rix compound mind--a massive emergent AI formed from every computer on the planet--as been isolated by their Imperial blockade. But the mind has guided a lone Rix commando  Herd  to the planets frozen north  and will soon order a desperate attempt to seize a polar communications array and break the blockade. Herd is a single warrior against an Imperial army  but moving silently behind her is the intelligence of an entire planet.  Ten light-years away  Captain Zais true love  the psychic (some say mad) Senator Nara Oxham is engaged in a deadly game of political intrigue. From her position on the Emperors War Council  Senator Oxham must find a way to forestall the Emperors final solution if the blockade is broken: a nuclear strike to destroy the compound mind  which will also kill millions of Imperial citizens. She suspects that the Emperor has a hidden weakness discovered  by the mind  a secret so dangerous to his immortal dynasty that to prevent its discovery the Emperor is willing to countenance the ultimate crime. . . .  The killing of worlds.  With this powerful conclusion to the first story arc of Succession  Scott Westerfeld confirms his stature as one of the leading writers of high space opera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947008749621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0765308509","price":70.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765308504.jpg?v=1769977310","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-killing-of-worlds-book-two-of-succession","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}