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Ninefox Gambit

Tenth Anniversary Edition
By Yoon Ha Lee
Series: The Machineries of Empire
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Stunning Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Military Space Opera The tenth anniversary edition of the Locus Award Winning classic. Featuring a new introduction by Ann Leckie. When Captain Kel Cheris is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Command gives her a chance to redeem herself by... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next.

Stunning Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Military Space Opera

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Stunning Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Military Space Opera

The tenth anniversary edition of the Locus Award Winning classic. Featuring a new introduction by Ann Leckie.

When Captain Kel Cheris is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Command gives her a chance to redeem herself by retaking the imposing Fortress of Scattered Needles from the heretics rebelling against the hexarchate. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake: if the fortress falls, the whole empire is at risk.

Her best hope is to play host to the imprisoned soul of the gifted tactician Shuos Jedao, who has never lost a battle. But it’s a terrible risk: in life, Jedao went mad and massacred two armies, one of them his own.

As the siege wears on and the secrets of the hexarchate come to light, Cheris must decide how far she can trust the ghostly Jedao – is he leading her to the truth, or will she be his next victim?

Series: The Machineries of Empire

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  • Ninefox Gambit
    Ninefox Gambit
    Stunning Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Military Space Opera The tenth anniversary edition of the Locus Award Winning classic. Featuring a new introduction by Ann Leckie. When Captain Kel Cheris is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Command gives her a chance to redeem herself by retaking the imposing Fortress of Scattered Needles from the heretics rebelling against the hexarchate....
    By Yoon Ha Lee
    Paperback
    $5200
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837868018

Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Solaris

Edition: 2nd Edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 230g

Pages: 384

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Dystopian Fiction Fiction General Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: The Machineries of Empire Yoon Ha Lee

About the Author

Yoon Ha Lee is a Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, and is pursuing an MFA in media composition and orchestration at ThinkSpace Education. His young adult mecha novel Moonstorm won the Locus Award for Best YA Novel, is currently a finalist for the Ignyte Award (YA), and was a finalist for the Nebula Award (YA).

Yoon’s novel Ninefox Gambit won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, and Clarke awards. His middle grade space opera Dragon Pearl from Rick Riordan Presents won the Mythopoeic Award for Children’s Literature and the Locus Award for best YA novel, and was a New York Times bestseller.

Yoon’s short fiction has appeared in venues such as Reactor (formerly Tor.com), Audubon Magazine, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s anthology Take Us to a Better Place. His TTRPG Ninefox Gambit RPG, co-authored with Marie Brennan, was a Nebula finalist in game writing.

He has written comic scripts for Marvel (Doom’s Division #1-5 and “Epée Is Truth” in The X-Men: The Wedding Special #1) as well as game writing (Counterplay Games’ Godfall, Failbetter Games’ Winterstrike, Alderac Entertainment Group’s *Legend of the Five Rings *CCG).

Yoon’s hobbies include game design, art, and destroying the reader. He lives in Louisiana with his family and pets (5-string viola, morin khuur, spinning wheel… catten) and has not yet been eaten by alto clefs.

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