Code and Codex
The epic new space opera from the author of Ninefox Gambit
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Pub Date 4 Mar 2027 | Archive Date 28 Feb 2027
Profile Books | Solaris
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Description
A vast, ambitious space opera about the power of language and censorship from the award-winning author of Ninefox Gambit
Language is Control
Aurelia, ruler of a corrupt galactic empire, commands the obedience of all who hear and understand her - and all languages other than her own are forbidden. Valentina, purchased as a child as Aurelia's bodyguard and servant, is responsible for extracting useful knowledge from foreign texts before erasing their languages wholesale.
Sent to seize a book from an obscure world at the outskirts of the empire, Valentina returns with the key to controlling the most dangerous man in existence. The traitor Jenner burned out his knowledge of the empire's language before he was imprisoned, but the slender volume describes his long-extinct native tongue.
But at the moment of Aurelia's triumph, Jenner escapes his ancient prison, and Valentina is sent to hunt him down...
Advance Praise
Lee's spectacular return to space opera is a triumph - opulent, indulgent, and very, very sharp. I loved it. — Emily Tesh, Hugo Award-winning author of SOME DESPERATE GLORY
A science-fantasy that is bar none the Final Boss of language magic — Rebecca Roanhorse, Hugo Award-winning author of BLACK SUN
If you like linguistics or space opera or math, you'll love Code and Codex! It's like nothing else I've ever read — S. L. Huang, author of THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS
It's a delight to witness a master of the craft luxuriating in language... Yoon gives us an empire where everyone is guilty, everyone is complicit, and yet every word is a potential transformation — Ursula Whitcher, Ursula K. Le Guin Prize-nominated author of NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON
Intricate and fascinating — Publishers Weekly
A dazzlingly immersive science-fantasy novel of linguistic domination that will keep hold of readers' minds as surely as the Peacock beguiles her subjects — Library Journal, starred review
Imagine if Alan Moore wrote The Locked Tomb books and you might start to approach the insane word-drunk joys of Yoon Ha Lee's latest — Literary Hub
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR
'A densely rendered, high-tech future universe, with intricate worldbuilding — Guardian
Breathtakingly original space opera — New York Times
Fiercely original and enchanting — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781837867516 |
| PRICE | £18.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |