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Lexicon

byMax Barry

Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Adventure Psychic Detectives

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy thrilling adventures with a psychological twist and themes of identity and power.

Topics Psychological coercionLove and vulnerabilityLanguage manipulationIdentityConspiracyThrillerPrivacy invasionMind controlPower dynamicsAncient mysteriesPowerSurvival

MoodSuspenseful, Hopeful

Female protagonist

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Sticks and stones break bones. Words kill.They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words. They'll live to regret it.Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it.Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did.And they want it back...Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever read.Winner of the Aurealis Award for science fiction and GoodReads Choice Awards finalist for best science fiction

Language

Published on

04/10/2014

Pages

390

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781444764680

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