Review: Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen

Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  This released on June 17th, 2018.  I know this review is up late, but life has been a bit hectic lately.  Anyway...here is my review and I highly recommend this series.

I loved this sequel to Nyxia. This follows our main character Emmett a he lands on an alien planet after a Hunger Games style competition in space. Emmett and the other members that won their spots to land on Eden must work together to mine Nyxia, a rare but spectacular substance that really has no bounds in its application. Babel, the corporation that funded the mission and has contracts with the locals, is up to something and Emmett and his comrades know it. The Genisis crew doen’t know who to trust, they just know that Babel has betrayed them, and the Adamites aka the Imago are keeping something as well. The Imago, will only work with children as they are sacred to their culture, so Babel has sent teenagers to the planet to mine nyxia and forge relationships. The story shifts from a play to win game to that of an Avatar style game of political intrigue where the big corporation wants something from the planet, but the locals want something too. The Genesis crew is stuck in the middle not knowing who to trust.

Once on the planet the crew of teenagers keep up their end of the bargain, they mine the nyxia, make nice with the locals, and stay friendly with Babel. They also trying to figure out what is going on with Babel and the Imago. They know that there are holes on both sides of the story, they just don’t know which side is the worse ally. On top of the secrets being kept, within the ranks of the Imago, there is a rebel faction that wants to use the teenagers to get to Earth to start over. This causes the Imago to speed up the timeline for Emmett and his friends. They quickly come to learn about the Imago, their culture, and eventually their real plans. They also learn more about the promises Babel made on their behalf. In the meantime the Genesis crew has made some plans of their own in an attempt to get more information about what Babel is doing and what they have planned. We are left on kind of a cliffhanger, but there was a ton of action and quite few twists that I didn’t see coming. I’m anxious to read the next book in the trilogy to see what happens next and how everything play out.

I really like all of the characters and their development so far. We know the Genesis crew from book 1 already, but many of them continue to develop here in book 2. Relationships both romantic and platonic develop, and there are some characters that completely change their tune. The Imago are well described and each of them have a personality. The world building is great too. The creatures on the alien planet were described well as well as the surroundings and activities of the Imago culture.


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