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Lexicon

by Max Barry
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"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King
“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool
Stick and stones break bones. Words kill.
They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.
They'll live to regret it.
They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember.
Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.
There's a word, they say. A word that kills.
And they want it back . . .
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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 18, 2013

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101604908
  • Release date: June 18, 2013

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101604908
  • File size: 1381 KB
  • Release date: June 18, 2013
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Thriller

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.4
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:3

"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King
“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool
Stick and stones break bones. Words kill.
They recruited Emily Ruff from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.
They'll live to regret it.
They said Wil Parke survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember.
Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.
There's a word, they say. A word that kills.
And they want it back . . .
Expand title description text
Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Thriller