Battle of the Linguist Mages Battle of the Linguist Mages

Battle of the Linguist Mages

    • 4.3 • 17 Ratings
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

Step into a mind-bending fusion of virtual reality gaming, alien linguistics, and a darkly humorous rebellion against a totalitarian empire in this audacious, genre-defying sci-fi thriller.

"This is a stand-alone novel with material enough for six... By the halfway point, it had blown my mind twice... an audacious, genre-bending whirlwind." —New York Times

"It reads like Snow Crash had a dance-off with Gideon the Ninth, in a world where language isn't a virus from outer space, it's a goddamn alien invasion." —Charles Stross

In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane art of combat linguistics, planting the seeds of a future totalitarian empire.

Isobel, the Queen of the medieval rave-themed VR game Sparkle Dungeon, becomes an ideal candidate to learn the secrets of "power morphemes"—unnaturally dense units of meaning that warp perception when skilfully pronounced. But her reputation makes her the target of a strange resistance movement led by spellcasting anarchists, who may be the only thing stopping the cabal from toppling California over the edge of a terrible transformation, with forty million lives at stake.

As time runs short, Isobel must level up and choose a side—because the cabal has attracted much bigger and weirder enemies than the anarchist resistance, emerging from dark and vicious dimensions of reality and heading straight for planet Earth!

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2022
January 11
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tor Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
2.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Sethv esquire ,

Groundbreaking

This novel proposes a groundbreaking, philosophically fascinating linguistic magical universe. BRILLIANT. A must read for fans of truly clever magical systems that stretch how the reader conceives of reality. I could just about believe the Logosphere exists…

The Wayward Star The Wayward Star
2019
Quarantine Lost Quarantine Lost
2013
Year's Best SF 10 Year's Best SF 10
2009
DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level Volume 7 (Light Novel) DUNGEON DIVE: Aim for the Deepest Level Volume 7 (Light Novel)
2024
The Stories of Ibis The Stories of Ibis
2010
Will Save the Galaxy for Food Will Save the Galaxy for Food
2017
Tordotcom Publishing 2022 Debut Sampler Tordotcom Publishing 2022 Debut Sampler
2022
Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler
2019
Wild Massive Wild Massive
2023
Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You
2019
Dead Country Dead Country
2023
Season of Skulls Season of Skulls
2023
Last Exit Last Exit
2022
Wicked Problems Wicked Problems
2024
Quantum of Nightmares Quantum of Nightmares
2022
A Conventional Boy A Conventional Boy
2025