The second installment of author R.J. Amezcua’s Mantis Force
trilogy, which he also dedicates to his wife and editor Sheryl, opens on the
world of Letalis, which is underdoing the transition of the battlefield known
as Stadageo’s ownership to the Letalis government, with Nia Xongol and her
sister-in-law Taona Xongol executing their revenge and blacking out the City of
Perrapenta. On the planet’s moon, Victoria Maja wrestles with guilt at the
tragedy which unfolds, with she, Tola, and Em making religious discoveries. Nia
and Taona also find themselves performing sacred duties, although they
necessitate the two separating.
Meanwhile, a trio of wayward sisters, Fay, Mirinda, and Orisa Sotasen plant explosives on Stadageo, being rogue elements of the Marium Kahnet in the Malgavatta galaxy which had supposedly established formal ties with the Krauvanok Alliance. Orisa is interrogated about possible terrorism, which she denies, and her companions are rescued by operatives from the nefarious organization known as Choshek. Rumors of civil war abound on Necropis, with vast numbers of the Varkrato League and Tartarus government workers erecting massive multiphasic barriers south of the Omsook mountains to protect the hundred million citizens of Magiathep from Cremindraux radiation.
Rediquin gets her own chapter, with the aforementioned Cremindraux radiation impacting her vessel, and she visits a secret trading post to meet Zeta Three. The story ends with the deaths of two characters whom a Muak’Xod agent finds, with his superior informed, wanting to use the cadavers as leverage. Overall, this is an enjoyable sequel, although some sort of synopsis of the first novella’s events would have been welcome, and the absence of Jazrene from the story’s events is somewhat disappointing, although the sequel is very much on par with its predecessor and worth a read, with those new to the trilogy likely wishing to start with the first book.
Meanwhile, a trio of wayward sisters, Fay, Mirinda, and Orisa Sotasen plant explosives on Stadageo, being rogue elements of the Marium Kahnet in the Malgavatta galaxy which had supposedly established formal ties with the Krauvanok Alliance. Orisa is interrogated about possible terrorism, which she denies, and her companions are rescued by operatives from the nefarious organization known as Choshek. Rumors of civil war abound on Necropis, with vast numbers of the Varkrato League and Tartarus government workers erecting massive multiphasic barriers south of the Omsook mountains to protect the hundred million citizens of Magiathep from Cremindraux radiation.
Rediquin gets her own chapter, with the aforementioned Cremindraux radiation impacting her vessel, and she visits a secret trading post to meet Zeta Three. The story ends with the deaths of two characters whom a Muak’Xod agent finds, with his superior informed, wanting to use the cadavers as leverage. Overall, this is an enjoyable sequel, although some sort of synopsis of the first novella’s events would have been welcome, and the absence of Jazrene from the story’s events is somewhat disappointing, although the sequel is very much on par with its predecessor and worth a read, with those new to the trilogy likely wishing to start with the first book.
Book Details for Decimation:
Book Title: Mantis Force: Decimation (Marium Kahnet Book 2) by R.J. Amezcua
Category: Adult Fiction, 200 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi, with elements of fantasy
Publisher: Quentorex Studios
Release date: October 18, 2017
Tour dates: Oct 1 to 31, 2018
Content Rating: PG + M (No explicit sex scenes or bad language)
Book Description for Decimation:
Led by Victoria and Balese, the rogue sisters of the Marium Kahnet have successfully completed their life-long quest for revenge against the sorcerer’s guild. Now a new mission has begun, one of survival, as their enemies seek their lives with a vengeance. As planned, the sisters who managed to survive the destruction of the testing facilities have joined their adopted family’s nefarious criminal organizations, plotting to escape with detailed plans of the Leviathan project to justify their actions to their home world of Ramah. But they are unaware they are being hunted by elite mercenaries hired by the sisterhood.
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