Lexicon / Max Barry
- Bib ID:
- 6293472
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Barry, Max, 1973-, author
- Description:
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- London : Mulholland Books, 2013
- ©2013
- 390 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781444764659
- 1444764659
- 9781444764666
- 1444764667
- Summary:
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Two years ago, something terrible was unleashed in an Australian mining town of Broken Hill. Thousands died. Few people know what really happened. Emily Ruff is one of them. She belongs to an elite organisation of 'poets': masters of manipulation who use language to warp others to their will. She was one of their most promising recruits until she made a catastrophic mistake: she fell in love. Wil Parke knows the truth too, only he doesn't remember it. And he doesn't know why he's immune to the poets' powers. But he knows he needs to run. As their stories converge, the past is revealed, and the race is on for a deadly weapon: a word. Because the poets know that words can kill.
- Awards:
- Aurealis Awards, best science fiction novel, winner, 2013.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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