Questions About Sovereign (Nemesis, #2)

by April Daniels (Goodreads Author)

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What do you think is going to happen in a world that has lost a large number of its male population and filled with people (many of them women) given unexpected power from Nemesis?

Marsha Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Perhaps we’ll get a lot of angry and power-hungry women who use their newfound abilitie…morePower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Perhaps we’ll get a lot of angry and power-hungry women who use their newfound abilities to force men to be subjugated to them. The character of Greywytch was a perfect setup for this imagined scenario. She was proof that women can be just as brutal and ruthless as men if they get to wield deadly forces without supervision or restraint.

That's one outcome. But there are other possibilities. There will be women already in positions of temporal power--senators, mayors, empresses, queens, etc.--who might seize this opportunity to remake the world to be a kinder, gentler place. Think of it: a world in which the dominant sex isn’t about grabbing power but in helping the human population.

In the novel Black Panther, King T’Chaka of Wakanda contemptuously turns down an offer to sell Wakandan technology to a bunch of acquisitive and greedy foreigners.

The king stopped at the door, angrily looking back at the stunned men. “You could have made half of our breakthroughs yourselves, but there’s too much money to be made in misery.” He shook his head at their stupidity. “Why not invest some of your wealth in educating your children, instead of building new and more powerful weapons you hope never to have to use? Why not build roads and bridges and hospitals, instead of million-dollar football stadiums with taxpayer money?

“I can tell you why: Your society’s sick fixation with money has overridden your good sense to the point of obsession. Why cure a disease when you can force people to pay for medicine?”

With women in charge, it’s highly likely the world might change for the better in large ways. As for how societies in the microcosm will be re-adjusted, might I suggest…pants with large pockets and walking around topless in public?(less)

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anyone know the ship name for Danielle and Sarah?

Jennifer Dreadity?
Calaminought?
Sarani?
Saranielle?
Danah?

Or my two favorites: Sarah and Danielle & Danielle and Sarah.…moreDreadity?
Calaminought?
Sarani?
Saranielle?
Danah?

Or my two favorites: Sarah and Danielle & Danielle and Sarah.(less)

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What's Doctor Impossible's first name?