The New York Times Book Review - N. K. Jemisin
The story is dense, the pace intense, and the delicate East Asian flavoring of the math-rich setting might make it seem utterly alien to many readers—yet metaphors for our own world abound…Readers willing to invest in a steep learning curve will be rewarded with a tight-woven, complicated but not convoluted, breathtakingly original space opera. And since this is only the first book of the Machineries of Empire trilogy, it's the start of what looks to be a wild ride.
From the Publisher
Daring, original and compulsive. As if Cordwainer Smith had written a Warhammer novel.” —Gareth L. Powell
“A high-octane ride through an endlessly inventive world, where calendars are weapons of war and dead soldiers can assist the living. Bold, fearlessly innovative and just a bit brutal, this is a book that deserves to be on every awards list.” —Aliette de Bodard
“For sixteen years Yoon Ha Lee has been the shadow general of science fiction, the calculating tactician behind victory after victory. Now he launches his great manoeuvre. Origami elegant, fox-sly, defiantly and ferociously new, this book will burn your brain. Axiomatically brilliant. Heretically good.” —Seth Dickinson
“A striking space opera by a bright new talent.” —Elizabeth Bear
“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. An unmissable debut.” —Stephen Baxter
“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. It should be a treat for readers already familiar with Yoon’s excellent short fiction, and an extra treat for readers finding Yoon’s work for the first time.” —Ann Leckie
“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. Yoon Ha Lee has arrived in spectacular fashion.” —Alastair Reynolds?
“Breathtakingly original” —The New York Times
“Beautiful, vast and rooted in the real” —NPR
“Yoon Ha Lee’s Machineries of Empire is the kind of trilogy you love to discover — one filled with space battles, political intrigue, and technology so advanced it feels magical.” —SYFY
“With intergalactic battles and political schemes, Ninefox Gambit is set in an inventive world governed by calendrical systems.” —The Portalist
Stephen Baxter
"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. An unmissable debut." — Stephen Baxter
Gareth L Powell
"Daring, original and compulsive. As if Cordwainer Smith had written a Warhammer novel." — Gareth L. Powell
Ann Leckie
"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. It should be a treat for readers already familiar with Yoon's excellent short fiction, and an extra treat for readers finding Yoon's work for the first time." — Ann Leckie
Aliette de Bodard
"A high-octane ride through an endlessly inventive world, where calendars are weapons of war and dead soldiers can assist the living. Bold, fearlessly innovative and just a bit brutal, this is a book that deserves to be on every awards list." — Aliette de Bodard
Alastair Reynolds
"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. Yoon Ha Lee has arrived in spectacular fashion." — Alastair Reynolds?
Elizabeth Bear
"A striking space opera by a bright new talent." — Elizabeth Bear
Seth Dickinson
"For sixteen years Yoon Ha Lee has been the shadow general of science fiction, the calculating tactician behind victory after victory. Now he launches his great manoeuvre. Origami elegant, fox-sly, defiantly and ferociously new, this book will burn your brain. Axiomatically brilliant. Heretically good." — Seth Dickinson
Gareth L. Powell
Daring,original and compulsive. As if Cordwainer Smith had written a Warhammer novel.
New York Times
A tight-woven, complicated but not convoluted, breathtakingly original space opera.
Hannu Rajaniemi
"A dizzying composite of military space opera andsheer poetry. Every word, name and concept in Lee's unique world is imbued witha sense of wonder."
