{"product_id":"book-club-book-moot-the-language-of-liars-by-s-l-huang","title":"Book Club Book Moot: The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eS. L. Huang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me.\"--Yoon Ha Lee, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNinefox Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeak another people's language. Know them. Become them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd discover you've destroyed them.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his training as a spy, Ro was warned: \u003ci\u003eyou will always be living a lie.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJumping into a Star Eater's mind in the first place requires a moment of perfect psychic connection, and he has studied all his life to comprehend their species. Admires them, respects them, is reverent at the idea of being one of them--the only species physiologically capable of mining the element needed for lightyear-spanning space travel. The species all others crave to know more of, but who have notoriously shared so very little. The species Ro's own small civilization, with its dwindling resources and withering reach, \u003ci\u003eneeds\u003c\/i\u003e to know more about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt will feel real, \u003c\/i\u003e his elders impressed upon him.\u003ci\u003e It will never be real.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Ro's certainty runs deep: he will be different. Ro will not be an imposter hiding the truth of his past, because his heart will be one of them. \u003ci\u003eHe\u003c\/i\u003e will be one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo understand is to become. It never occurs to him that the mere act of understanding can destroy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Macmillan Publishers (MPS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250405333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eS. L. Huang is a Hollywood stunt performer, firearms expert, and Hugo award winner who's a finalist for a Nebula, Locus, ALA Carnegie Medal, and BSFA Award. Huang has a math degree from MIT and credits in productions like \"Battlestar Galactica\" and \"Top Shot.\" The author of the fantasy novella \u003ci\u003eBurning Roses \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the Cas Russell novels including \u003ci\u003eZero Sum Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNull Set\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Point\u003c\/i\u003e, Huang's short fiction has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, Tor.com, and more, including numerous best-of anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pandemonium Books \u0026 Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45472401096880,"sku":"BCBM:lol","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_5b308399-9082-4e1a-a3d8-dd16b42b7193.jpg?v=1764362471","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/book-club-book-moot-the-language-of-liars-by-s-l-huang","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}