{"id":294,"date":"2019-07-14T00:26:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T00:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/?p=294"},"modified":"2020-05-06T18:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:25:55","slug":"ninefox-gambit-by-yoon-ha-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/2019\/07\/14\/ninefox-gambit-by-yoon-ha-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-295 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/580.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/580.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/580.jpg?w=325&amp;ssl=1 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>The first installment of the trilogy,\u00a0<i>Ninefox Gambit<\/i>, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem herself in front of the Hexarchate.<\/p>\n<p><i>To win an impossible war Captain Kel Cheris must awaken an ancient weapon and a despised traitor general.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris\u2019s career isn\u2019t the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next.<\/p>\n<p>Cheris\u2019s best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fortress.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that Jedao went mad in his first life and massacred two armies, one of them his own. As the siege wears on, Cheris must decide how far she can trust Jedao\u2013because she might be his next victim.<\/p>\n<h4>Representation Includes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WLW protagonist (Cheris)<\/li>\n<li>MLM supporting character (Jedao)<\/li>\n<li>East Asian world building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><div class=\"spoiler-wrap\"><div class=\"spoiler-head no-icon  collapsed\" title=\"Expand\">Content Warnings<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-body\" style=\"display: none;\"> Gore, sexual assault (in flashback), violence, murder\/death, mass shooting, suicidal ideation, dismemberment, mentions of torture, manipulative behavior, graphic animal death, memory loss\/erased memories<\/div><noscript><div class=\"spoiler-body\"> Gore, sexual assault (in flashback), violence, murder\/death, mass shooting, suicidal ideation, dismemberment, mentions of torture, manipulative behavior, graphic animal death, memory loss\/erased memories<\/div><\/noscript><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Won the Locus Award for Best First Novel<\/li>\n<li>Nominated for the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Arthur C. Clark Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Reviews<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1814379503?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\">Acqua&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bogireadstheworld.com\/book-review-ninefox-gambit-by-yoon-ha-lee\/\">Bogi Tak\u00e1cs&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.polenthblake.com\/2016\/10\/ninefox-gambit-yoon-ha-lee\/\">Polenth Blake&#8217;s review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Where to Find<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1781084491\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=queersffdatab-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1781084491&amp;linkId=f052ae278d34aeacbaf4d99f6863564d\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781781084489?aff=113011258\">IndieBound<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/ninefox-gambit\/oclc\/1021867420&amp;referer=brief_results\">WorldCat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Details<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Published June 14th 2016 by Solaris Books<\/li>\n<li>Paperback isbn13: 9781781084496<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first installment of the trilogy,\u00a0Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[5,120,12,113,6,218,219,112,8,23],"age_group":[135],"queer_identity":[147],"relationship":[],"intersecting_identities":[166,211],"genre":[183,197],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wlw","tag-author-of-color","tag-contains-no-romance","tag-includes-sex-scene","tag-ends-with-queer-protagonists-alive","tag-queer-author","tag-award-nominated","tag-award-winning","tag-first-in-series","tag-traditionally-published","tag-no-homophobia-world","age_group-adult","queer_identity-wlw","intersecting_identities-asian","intersecting_identities-east-asian","genre-science-fiction","genre-space-opera"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/580.jpg?fit=325%2C499&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3314,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/3314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"age_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_group?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"queer_identity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/queer_identity?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"relationship","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/relationship?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"intersecting_identities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/intersecting_identities?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queersff.theillustratedpage.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}