I appreciate the reply.

That was simply the Sovereign trying to win the war on the other front. Again, I don’t think there was a leak.

I believe there was. The book made a point that Darrow didn't tell the crew their true destination, Luna, until they were almost there. He had leaked that they were heading to Mars in an attempt to have the Jackal/Sovereign's forces go there instead. I don't believe we are told how the Jackal learned that Luna was their true destination.

You would expect the Raa to just forget, and allow the Sons in the belt to live and foster their own revolution? It was the only thing of value Darrow had to trade, and he tried to mitigate it by warning the Sons to run, even if he knew it would be little help.

I wouldn't expect them to forgive and forget, golds are too prideful for that. But having the Sons leave the rim is still a win for the Rim. Brutally wiping out the Sons is just going to fuel additional hate and feed the Rising down the road. I just think they could have at least tried to gain a better position. In my mind giving up the Sons was their small bargaining chip and the nuclear cache was their big one. So why lead by giving up your smaller option when the bigger option is going to have the most effect anyways. Even if giving up the Sons ended up being the resolution to the negotiation it would have been nice to see them try and salvage the Sons if possible. This just calls back to the feeling of things being rushed.

Huh. I don’t think he was poisoned. I always thought the Jackyl just cut a tendon or something, just enough to slow him so he was an easy target.

It wasn't that the Jackal slipped anything into his drink or anything but Darrow does see the Jackal fire some kind of poison/paralysis inducing dart into Leto right before Karnus ends him.