The Nemesis Saga is a series of six kaiju thriller novels written by American author Jeremy Robinson, featuring the massive Goddess of Vengeance Nemesis.
Premise
Nemesis is the ancient Goddess of Vengeance, a massive kaiju that has been dormant for millennia. Once awoken she seeks out justice for the tormented, destroying all who stand in her way. When she becomes inhabited by the tortured consciousness of Maigo, a little girl brutally murdered by her own father, Nemesis seeks to make the world pay, starting with large cities filled with crunchy people.
Characters
The following are principal or recurring characters in the Nemesis Saga:
Jon Hudson
Ashley Collins
Maigo
Katsu Endo
Mark Hawkings
Lilly
Rich "Woodstock" Woodall
Kaiju
Terminology
Gestorumque - The species name of all Kaiju.
Mashintorum - The species name of a giant mechanical weapon built to fight the Gestorumque.
Voice - Depending on the situation, this is either a pilot or advisor to the Gestorumque or Mashintorum. The Voice can be human or alien so long as they are small enough.
Aeros - A warmongering alien species filled with dictators.
Ferox - An evolutionary deviation from the Aeros species. They are smaller and possess shapeshifting abilities. The Aeros deem them impure and wish to exterminate them.
The following kaiju appear in the novels.
Nemesis Prime (Corpse)
Nemesis Prime was the first Gestorumque (species name) to land on Earth as far as the books are concerned. The corpse of Nemesis Prime is found in a cave in Alaska by Katsu Endo, who becomes infatuated with the being from then on.
Due to the recognition that early humans showed the beast, it can be inferred it was on Earth for some time before engaging in its true mission which was to destroy Atlantis and kill all people with Atlantean genes. This mission was given to it by the Aeros (one of two warring alien races). Its masters and their trait of hunting down those with Atlantean bloodlines can be somewhat seen in the present-day Nemesis. Nemesis Prime was killed during the assault on the city by Hyperion, a mecha-kaiju sent by the Ferox (the second warring alien race) to defend Atlantis.
Nemesis Prime is considerably bulkier than Nemesis, while still retaining all of its traits. Its skin is a darker black and more jagged than the current Nemesis. The kaiju has three trident-tipped tails as opposed to Nemesis's one. Like all the kaiju of its kind, it possesses orange membranes containing a liquid that explodes on contact with air.
Ashtaroth, a being composed of many kaiju species, has a secondary form not dissimilar to the Divine Retribution form of Nemesis. It is unclear whether or not Nemesis Prime and Neo Prime possess a form like this, nor is it clear if Nemesis Prime or Neo Prime have the ability to regurgitate and project the orange liquid like the present Nemesis can.
Neo-Prime
Nemesis
Not a kaiju born through natural means. Nemesis is the genetic clone of Nemesis Prime based on the human DNA of Maigo Tilly, later Maigo Hudson. Because of this unique mixing of DNA, Nemesis is quite unlike its brethren.
As soon as she was born and free to move around, Nemesis began eating people to stave off its insatiable appetite. This rapidly progressed to eating whales to satisfy the creatures vast hunger. Nemesis grew at an astonishing rate before slowing, if not fully stopping, at around 350 feet tall.
Due to being killed by her stepfather, Maigo had an understandable rage towards the man and this rage drove Nemesis to seek him out through what was later explained as sensing an Atlantean gene. It would continue to seek out this gene, but only for the purpose of killing people worthy of her wrath, unlike its ancestor who sought it out merely to kill. Maigo gave Nemesis a conscious, making it humanities defender rather than executioner. Its lust for vengeance was so great however that this often meant stampeding through a city to reach its target.
Nemesis is able to be controlled, in part, by a pilot or "Voice". While Maigo took on this role Nemesis's eyes were a human-like brown reflecting Maigo's own. Once Maigo left Nemesis and was reconstituted in human form the kaiju'''s eyes reverted to the same glowing orange seen in the other beasts. When Katsu Endo became Nemesis's voice later in the story arc her eyes retained the orange glow.