Justice versus family obligation
Riven is pursuing her father for crimes against her people, yet his help may be needed to defend Neospes, with surrender demanded in return.
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Amalie Howard - Author
This is a fast-moving sequel about a protagonist balancing justice, loyalty and survival. Expect battles, shifting alliances, technological ideas and romantic stakes, alongside a central conflict involving a powerful, harmful parent.
Riven has fought for a hard-won peace in her world, and has come to shaky terms with who and what she is a human with cyborg DNA. Now that the rightful ruler of Neospes has been reinstated, Riven is on the hunt for her father in the Otherworld to bring him to justice for his crimes against her people. But when she receives an unwelcome visit from two former allies, she knows that trouble is brewing once again in Neospes. The army has been decimated and there are precious few left to fight this mysterious new threat. To muster a first line of defense, her people need help from the one person Riven loathes mosther father. But what he wants in return is her complete surrender. And now Riven must choose: save Neospes or save herself.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a fast-moving sequel about a protagonist balancing justice, loyalty and survival. Expect battles, shifting alliances, technological ideas and romantic stakes, alongside a central conflict involving a powerful, harmful parent.
Riven is pursuing her father for crimes against her people, yet his help may be needed to defend Neospes, with surrender demanded in return.
Riven is described as a human with cyborg DNA and as a cyborg soldier navigating human, technological and political identities.
Neospes faces organised attacks and limited defence, while alliances may involve a political marriage for Caden and cooperation with a hidden city.
Consider discussing whether helping someone responsible for serious wrongdoing can ever be justified, and what meaningful choice looks like when the available options are all damaging.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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