Stunning Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Military Space Opera by the New York Times Bestselling Author of Dragon Pearl

* WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD * * FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANN LECKIE * 'Mind-blistering military space opera' - STEPHEN BAXTER 'Full of the kind of off-hand inventiveness that the best SF trades in' - ALASTAIR REYNOLDS 'A tight-woven, breathtakingly original space opera' - NEW YORK TIMES 'A densely rendered, high-tech future universe, with intricate worldbuilding' - GUARDIAN 'Military SF with blood, guts, math, and heart' - REACTOR 'I love Yoon's work!' - ANN LECKIE A GORGEOUS NEW EDITION OF THE CLASSIC SPACE OPERA 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?

"Readers willing to invest in a steep learning curve will be rewarded with a tight-woven, complicated but not convoluted, breathtakingly original space opera" - The New York Times

"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" - 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

"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

"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

"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