Lexicon A Novel |
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| Author:
| Barry, Max |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-6396-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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An Indie Next PickAt an exclusive Virginia school, students aren't taught history or math. They're taught to manipulate minds, wielding words as weapons. The best "poets" graduate into a nameless organization of unknown purpose. Whip-smart runaway Emily Ruff is dealing three-card Monte when she's recruited by the organization, and adapts quickly. Meanwhile, a man named Wil Parke is ambushed in an airport bathroom by men who claim he is the key to a secret war.
An Indie Next PickAt an exclusive Virginia school, students aren't taught history or math. They're taught to manipulate minds, wielding words as weapons. The best "poets" graduate into a nameless organization of unknown purpose. Whip-smart runaway Emily Ruff is dealing three-card Monte when she's recruited by the organization, and adapts quickly. Meanwhile, a man named Wil Parke is ambushed in an airport bathroom by men who claim he is the key to a secret war.