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Diplomatic Crisis (The Empress' Spy Book 2) Kindle Edition

by S.E. Weir (Author), Michael Anderle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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What if someone decided to change your life— without your permission?

Settling into her new life as the only Diplomatic Spy trainee, Seraphina Waters is blindsided by crisis from every side.

Phina uses her unique skills to make a shocking discovery.

Then you live with the consequences...

Drawing on her friends and her own inner strength, Phina has to move fast in order to save an entire species from extinction.

Each day that passes brings death one step closer... not just for those she hopes to save, but for herself.

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    The Empress' Spy
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About the Author

Michael Anderle is the internationally bestselling author of more than forty urban fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Kutherian Gambit, Opus X, Federal Histories, and Exceptional S. Beaufont series. He is also coauthor of many more under his company, LMBPN Publishing, which has sold over 3 million books.

Lauren Ezzo was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. She attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she double majored in theatre and English. She works both on stage and as an audiobook narrator.

S. E. Weir lives in the Philly suburbs with her awesome husband and their two rambunctious boys. She enjoys creating stories and fantasy worlds so much that she forgets the dishes and laundry most days, inevitably causing a disruption in the space-time continuum. She is currently coauthoring with Michael Anderle a series in the Kurtherian Universe called The Empress' Spy.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0968NKT6T
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ LMBPN Publishing; 1st edition (June 21, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3355 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 246 pages
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    Michael Anderle (ok, weird talking about myself in the 3rd person) (1967-Hopefully a long time from NOW) was born in Houston, Tx. A very curious child, he got into trouble - a lot. What to do with an inquisitive mind when he was grounded? Read!

    Ok, done with all of that 3rd person stuff.

    In the first 20 years, I mostly read Science Fiction and Fantasy. In the last 10 years I have enjoyed Urban Fantasy and Military Fiction. With this background, I've been blessed with creating The Kurtherian Gambit series, a well-selling, and fan loved, collection of stories.

    The fans have propelled these stories beyond my wildest imagination and they should get all of the credit for sharing with friends, family and occasionally the random person on the street. They are fantastic!

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    S.E. Weir lives in the Philly suburbs with her awesome husband and their two rambunctious boys. She enjoys creating stories and fantasy worlds so much that she forgets the dishes and laundry most days, inevitably causing a disruption in the space time continuum. She also has books published under her pen name, Sarah Weir, where she writes romantic fantasy.

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Nita King
5.0 out of 5 stars Well it worked this time.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2023
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Amazon you need to fix something here. The Rate and Review form has not been showing up on a lot of my books lately! And I really wish you had left the save option on! There are many times I forget a character's name or some other fact, and when I go back to check, I loose everything I've written.

Sorry Sarah! Didn't mean to rant on your review, but DANG if it doesn't make me angry when it happens over and over again!

Anyway I love Phina's second story just as much as the first! I left a better review for the next book and this one there!

Please for the love of all faiths keep writing! You are awesome!
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Rabbi Fred Natkin
5.0 out of 5 stars Music saves a system and sanity
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021
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It seems like I was here before. Music moving me to tears without words. Not understanding relationships. Using my athletic abilities to overcome stress and loneliness. Then there was school.

On this female made planetoid another student gets closer to graduation through practicum. She gets an unexpected and life threatening boost to her matriculation from a source which does not have her best interest at heart.

The second book in the series was pre-ordered. It took me three days to finish the first. Tonight I read it cover to cover. There is more to this character than the usual in the KU. The cadre of friends increased from usual in the first book with a energy gathering telepath, seems to seek either an additional artificial intelligence or a significant other. The problem is the main character is almost literally mind blowing in a human fashion.

Please consider a second arc after this one. Also, if at all possible combine words and music beyond our minds' eye.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging , clean space, spies & YA drama
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2021
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Four silver stars for this second volume.Don' t read as a stand alone. You need the first one first. This went in a direction I wasn't expecting after the first academy establishing book, which is a good thing. It was nice that all the Aurians were not identical stereotypes - like unicorns tend to be. This is evidently a shared world from Anderle's Kurthurian saga which I haven't read . This has more space and alien stuff than magic, but there is some such with vampires and mind magic,. However if you are looking for C. J. Cherrhy Rimrunners, Foreigner or Ron Goulart this is less ambitious, and also less cynical. Not as light as Andte Norton or early Heinlein. Good cover.
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Beth
5.0 out of 5 stars Best off shoot series
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
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In my humble opinion SEW has created a series that expands and could possibly exceed the original. She takes this time in the KG universe and many familiar and new secondary characters and writes amazing plot arcs. Haven’t been this excited since the original series published.

Don’t get me wrong, other off shoot series in this universe are fantastic but this channels the original KG energy and philosophy and takes the reader on a fun, thoughtful and action packed roller coaster! Hoping this series continues to stack up volumes like MA has with BA…30-40 books….

Take your time writing SEW, I know it will be worth the wait! Rabid KGU fans need to be patient….hard I know but possible peeps… reread Endgame if you need a Phina fix in between instalments or reread any other KGU series while waiting!
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Levia
5.0 out of 5 stars Harder than the first
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2022
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As warned it the previous book's author notes, this book was really hard on Phina. I will also say that while the mentor and trainee relationship has been explained, and how Link views her as a daughter, there were some confusing moments in this book that had me questioning the lack of interest. I love the idea of a society that communicates through music. I hadn't considered how that could be more complicated than more "basic" languages (my distinction). I love the way the author explains each discovery.
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Shelpooh65
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2021
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This is somewhat complex story, with likeable characters and an interesting plot. There is a little disconnect and annoyance because the cover art does not match the author's description of the heroine, but otherwise I am growing to like her better. In the first book there was very little relatable about Phina, but she is growing and thus growing on me.

I also love any book that gives info about Dan Bosse as he often seems to have been forgotten despite being present and a leader of the teams when Bethany Anne met her Bitches.

Looking forward to the next book!
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E Sampson
5.0 out of 5 stars More Phina
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021
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Phina is an important part of the story and critical to the Empire!!
Of course, it is her story after all. But she provides new eyes on the information flowing through diplomatic circles. Her unique perspectives can change the Empire’s response to situations. Providing possibly better solutions, or enhancing proposed actions and making them more effective.
Besides, she is good for Greyson. She should keep him grounded and keep him learning. Just as she learns from him.
Besides, I also like the references to Star Trek and Doctor Who, and the Princess Bride. I mean, who doesn’t blurt out the same things as these characters! We do in our house.
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Synapse001
4.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2021
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The author glosses over anything that night make it hard SciFi, the action is well done but minimality present, the mystery is thin, the character interactions felt weak. I'm not sure why this one doesn't feel as complete as book one but I'll find out if it's a pattern or just an aberarration as I dive into book three.
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5.0 out of 5 stars loved it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2024
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Can’t believe this is only your second book it’s a great story and I’m sure will appeal to all kinds of different people and ages I’m keeping this short as I want to start the next book 😂
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Astra
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read
Reviewed in Australia on July 3, 2021
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Well that was exciting! Aunt Faith....what a nasty piece of work! You have many interesting characters and I'm enjoying discovering their personalities and quirks. I've got ideas of where the next book is going and it will be interesting to see if what I thought were clues sprinkled throughout book 2 actually come to fruition in book 3 or maybe book 4. I'm enjoying this series so much I've pre-ordered book 3 and now impatiently wait for publishing day. Thanks for another great read.
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Katathome
5.0 out of 5 stars And the beat goes on..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2022
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I love this book!

Whether it's the great story, brilliantly diverse characters, who feel so very real to me, or the idea of using music as a language (which, of course, it always has been, as it speaks to us all where emotions rest inside us), or whether it's a mix of all three things, I'm not sure - but what it did do, was speak to me with that language I've loved my whole life: the language of a good tale, writ well, and large!

I hadn't heard of Sara Weir, before reading Diplomatic Recruit, but she's one author I'm going to keep my eye on from now on, just like Craig Martelle, and Michael Anderle!

I loved Diplomatic Recruit, but this book took one huge step upwards in an already admiring state for me. I love that even the aliens, no matter how strange they may seem to the human eye, have so many good - and also bad - characteristics, which make them easily connectible as sapient beings. Aunt Faith - whew! That woman seriously needs help!

But my favourite things in this story, has to be the gymnastics, and the music! As a child, I loved both of these, and was never happier when doing one, while listening to the other, so this connected me to Phina straight away (it would have been wonderful to have had her brain power, too, but, alas)! Lol

Greyson is another character that I love, and I'm looking forwards to learning more about this very slippery customer, too.

I keep saying it, but I'm so very glad that I came across Craig Martelle's Free Trader series, and decided to see what else he had written, after loving them all - I might have missed out on the greatest smorgasbord of authors, and great stories, that I've ever seen, otherwise!

And that would have been a great sadness!

I looked at my reading list, and see that I can keep on reading this series (Yay!), with book three: Diplomatic Resurgence next in the queue - this is SUCH fun!
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yvecj
5.0 out of 5 stars Facing the future with hope
Reviewed in Australia on June 26, 2021
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Such a great read. Characters with depth. A story to sink your teeth in and a cause. Can’t ask for much more. Can’t wait for the next one.
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Colin’s Books
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2021
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As a second in the series this book is a surprisingly readable story, a direct continuation of book one. I look forward to number three!
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