King's Test: Margaret Weis

Book II of Star of the Guardians. By calling a temporary truce, Derek Sagan and the rebels thwarted the alien Corasian invasion. Enemies once again, the rebels have resumed their defiance and Sagan has returned to his campaign to topple the corrupt galactic government. He plans to set Dion up as king of the Starfire dynasty - and place himself as the ruling power behind the throne. On a remote planetary sinkhole of sin and corruption, a small weapon - barely ten centimetres a side - is hidden. If activated, this seemingly harmless crystal cube could tear a hole in the universe - and destroy the fabric of creation. Sagan wants it. Lady Maigrey wants it. And so does Abdiel, a cruel genius who commands a drugged army of mindless slaves. Now Dion is caught in this struggle as he faces his greatest trial in his battle for the interstellar throne. Cover art by Stephen Youll.