Hexarchate Stories

From the world of the Locus Award winning Ninefox Gambit

Yoon Ha Lee author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Profile Books Ltd

Published:25th Jun '19

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A collection of original and reprinted stories set in the world of the Locus Award-winning Machineries of Empire trilogy

An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon...A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent...A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade...* BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DRAGON PEARL * 'Full of... big questions about sentience, ethics, self-determination' - REACTOR 'Dense and rich as the world it takes place in' - STRANGE HORIZONS 'Easter eggs for the Hexarchate stories' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY THE ESSENTIAL SHORT STORY COLLECTION SET IN THE UNIVERSE OF NINEFOX GAMBIT An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon... A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent... A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade... From the incredible imagination of Hugo- and Arthur C. Clarke-nominated author Yoon Ha Lee comes a collection of stories set in the world of the best-selling Ninefox Gambit. Showcasing Lee's extraordinary imagination, this collection takes you to the very beginnings of the hexarchate's history and reveals new never-before-seen stories.

Full of moral quandaries, queer folks pursuing a hundred different sorts of life, and big questions about sentience, ethics, self-determination * Reactor *
Fun and exciting, [but also] dense and rich as the world it takes place in... A worthwhile supplement to one of the best speculative fiction trilogies of the 2010s * Strange Horizons *
These stories might be thought of as Easter eggs for the Hexarchate series: they enhance understanding of some of the characters and cultural nuances and explain authorial intent * Publishers Weekly *

ISBN: 9781781085646

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400 pages

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