The Unkillable Princess
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Having escaped the dangers of the Nameless with the Philosopher Stone data, Sean thought his troubles were over. Until he gets a call for help from his sister Brigid--his long-dead sister.
Brigid is sparse on the details, but she needs Sean to go to the Republican city of Illin to retrieve something called a "Purifier" for her. Reeling from the desperate hope that his sister is alive, Sean aims for Illin, dragging his new companions, Tamara Gupta formerly a Republican soldier, and Indigo, the Minister responsible for the destruction of Sean's home, into the fray.
But as usual, Sean hasn't quite thought this through. The three of them are all wanted by Republican authorities, and Illin happens to be on the same planet as Sean’s old friend Senator Ketel. Y'know, the one who blackmailed and nearly murdered Sean. With every move Sean makes he discovers more intrigue, more people on his tail, and more ways that his little adventure could be the spark for war between the Republic and the Ministers. And to what end? Is it really his sister, a chance for family, and safety, on the other side?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hunt continues The Kystrom Chronicles series (after The Immortality Thief) with this entertaining planet-hopping quest to find a missing sibling. Smuggler Sean Wren is on the run from both the human Republic and the genetically enhanced Ministers after refusing to hand over the Philosopher Stone, valuable data containing the secret to immortality, to either government. Now Sean receives a message from his sister, Brigid, asking for his help. But he remembers seeing Brigid's lifeless body after their planet Kystrene was destroyed in a war between the Republic and the Ministers. Is the message really from her, or is it a trick to smoke him out? Despite his doubts, Sean's devotion to his family spurs him and his traveling companions, former Republic soldier Tamara Gupta and Indigo, a 300-year-old renegade Minister, on a frantic mission to track her down. They must travel under the radar of their many enemies, including the corrupt Senator Todd Ketal, whom Sean is blackmailing, and the dying clone Ministers who need the Philosopher Stone to revive their race. Cuts between the present and past occasionally disrupt the flow, but Sean's pluck and determination in a world of government bureaucracy and uncooperative technology makes him a worthy hero. This is a rollicking adventure.
