Ninefox Gambit

Starship Troopers meets Apocalypse Now - and they've put Kurtz in charge... Mind-blistering military space opera, but with a density of ideas and strangeness that recalls the works of Hannu Rajaniemi, even Cordwainer Smith -- Stephen Baxter
Beautiful, brutal and full of the kind of off-hand inventiveness that the best SF trades in, Ninefox Gambit is an effortlessly accomplished SF novel -- Alastair Reynolds
Readers willing to invest in a steep learning curve will be rewarded with a tight-woven, complicated but not convoluted, breathtakingly original space opera -- N. K. Jemisin * The New York Times *
Origami elegant, fox-sly, defiantly and ferociously new, this book will burn your brain... Axiomatically brilliant, heretically good -- Seth Dickinson
Cheris and Jedao are fascinating, multi-faceted entities, filled with contradictions and idiosyncrasies; Lee's prose is clever and opulently detailed; the worldbuilding is jaw-droppingly good -- Cassandra Khaw * Ars Technica *
Yoon Ha Lee recasts Korean legend in a densely rendered, high-tech future universe, with intricate worldbuilding * Guardian *
Lee finds a sumptuous beauty in physical moments and complexity in thought and motivation * NPR *
"You know what's going on, right?" Ninefox Gambit asks; often, you have to say, "Uh, yeah, of course," when the real answer is "I have no idea, but I really, really care" * Strange Horizons *
This is military SF with blood, guts, math, and heart * Reactor *
Bold, fearlessly innovative and just a bit brutal, this is a book that deserves to be on every awards list -- Aliette de Bodard
I love Yoon's work! Ninefox Gambit is solidly and satisfyingly full of battles and political intrigue, in a beautifully built far-future that manages to be human and alien at the same time -- Ann Leckie
I haven't felt this blown away by a novel's originality since Ancillary Justice - and, since I'm being completely honest, Ninefox Gambit is actually more inventive, boundary-breaking, and ambitious than that * The Book Smugglers *
Genuinely alien, with thrillingly unfamiliar social structures and technologies, and the attention to detail is simply stunning... Just don't ever let your concentration slip, or there's a good chance that you will miss something wonderful * SciFi Now *
A dizzying composite of military space opera and sheer poetry... Every word, name and concept in Lee's unique world is imbued with a sense of wonder -- Hannu Rajaniemi
While Lee has developed a singular combination of military SF, mathematical elegance, and futuristic strangeness, readers may note echoes of or similarities to Iain M. Banks, Hannu Rajaniemi, C. J. Cherryh, Ann Leckie and Cordwainer Smith * Worlds Without End *
Daring, original and compulsive... As if Cordwainer Smith had written a Warhammer novel -- Gareth L. Powell
A great read; very intriguing world building in particular... I now want to sign all my emails with "Yours in calendrical heresy" -- Tobias Buckell
Ninefox Gambit gives a wonderful amount of worldbuilding without any clunky exposition dumps, is ruthlessly clear-eyed about the costs and concerns of war (especially at this technological level) and gives us an instantly ingratiating heroine, who spends most of the book doing her best to outmaneuver the forces that have set her up to fail, waste the lives of her troops or just die * RT Book Reviews *
Space-based nail-biter Ninefox Gambit is a smart space opera that pushes the frontier of science fiction * Kirkus Reviews *
A challenging story, tackling science fiction concepts we're familiar with (spaceships and intergalactic war) while layering on purposefully obfuscated but compelling twists * Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog *
If you're looking for another great sci-fi read, you should consider Ninefox Gambit * Sci-Fi Addicts *