"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell.┬аLexicon┬аreads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on┬аSnow Crash."┬атАФLev Grossman,┬аNew York Times┬аbestselling author of┬аThe Magicians┬аand┬аThe Magician King
тАЬBest thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.тАЭ тАФHugh Howey,┬аNew York Times┬аbestselling author of┬аWool
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 . . .