School Time for Death: Tendrils of Control (Death Dealer Saga)

Maiha Nakatoma has faced off against every type of enemy one could imagine in her long life. She has faced death on countless battlefields. Dealt with Palace intrigue. Gone toe to toe with damn near indestructible alien war machines. She has dealt with revolutionaries’ bent on destroying the Empire. All these things will be a walk in the park compared to the new assignment that the Emperor has given her. She must return to High School as the bodyguard of his daughter.Can she deal with the petty back stabbing ways of teenage girls? Can she keep her head when dealing with teachers who are apathetic in their handling of those girls? Can Maiha and her family stay out of trouble and still do the job the Emperor has commanded them to do? Is there any way for Maiha, Alice and their sisters to get a handle on all of this and still remain sane? All the while trying to learn the skills and knowledge they need to be true High Family Ladies. When everywhere they look they see a select few students running roughshod over the staff and fellow students. A group of High Families bullies that feel they have the right to do whatever they want.For Maiha Nakatoma the answer should be a simple one in her mind. Target the enemy and call for an artillery strike. Boom no more enemy target. Unfortunately for Maiha she cannot use her normal method of handling a problem. She must learn to use subtlety over the hammer and anvil approach to her problems. In short the Daughter of Death must learn how to be a Lady and act accordingly. Her days of being a commoner are over and now she must be what she has always hated. A member of the High Families. She may have been a First High Lord of the Death Dealers and now is the first true First High Lady of those feared military forces, but she has one problem that all her training has never prepared her for dealing with. The moods, and attitudes of teenage girls. All the while she has no idea of the forces that are slowly gaining power in both the Temples and criminal worlds. A plot to overthrow the Emperor and place a usurper on the Throne by using the girls of this school as political pawns. Young ladies that have been told their entire lives that their only future is to marry into another High Family to insure a greater power base for the family. What no one foresaw was the manipulation of those same young women by a criminal organization bent on nothing more than profit at the expense of others? Manipulated through drugs, prostitution, loan sharking, and so many other criminal vices that most of these young girls never saw the trap that has been laid out before them. Can Maiha uncover the plot before it is too late to save these young ladies and still protect the Princess Daniela as she attends the same school? The Revolution that Maiha had put down only months previously was just the tip of the iceberg of political unrest that has taken up residence in the Empire. More than a few of the High Families would love to take the Throne of the Empire from the Dan Family. However this is the normal politics of the Imperial Court. The threat to the Emperor and his family lies outside of the normal halls of power. In fact the greatest threat lies in a place that no one would look to as their loyalty has always been unquestioned. No the threat to the Empire comes from the Temples that are the spiritual and moral guides for the Empire. When the threat comes from the one place that should be without political gain in mind how do you defend against the threat? Who do you turn to when the very people that are there for guidance are the ones plotting against you?For Maiha Nakatoma, First High Lady of the Death Dealers, Head of House Nakatoma, and temporary Planetary Governor for Hades the answer is not a simple one. Not only will these problems challenge her and her family, but they will force her to face her greatest fear. That she is becoming a true Lady.