voodoocactus's review of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 4/5: I’ve heard a lot of good things about this series, and several people have said they wish they could read this again for the first time. And no wonder! Have I mentioned I love being thrown straight into a world and expected to swim? Because that happened here. Calendrical warfare? Programmed formation instincts? Military encryption, class: Machiva-Ju quasiknot polynomial! I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like this which meant I had no fucking clue what I was reading–and it was amazing! At a core, this is a story of a rebellious faction and a person sent to subdue it. The wider take i...

This was one hell of a ride.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7677888861

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Ajewen Cheris, in Kel uniform, stands with one foot on a cliff of some sort, climbing up, and the other off-screen, holding a gun up at the sky. The smoke from the muzzle wafts into the distance. She's looking to the right of her - behind where she came from - and is holding some sort of weird square device. Her gloves are fingerless. Behind her there's a moth in flight, with flames streaking off its wingtips from atmosphere; above her there's debris breaking up that sort of looks like eyes trailing fire over her head. In the distance there is a city in some kind of bubble, and in front of that but still well behind Cheris and the moth, there are bands of curving flat segments much like strips of paper labeled 'calendrical numbers' without any actual numbers. The entire thing is a sketch and in large parts has just been notated to say what it's supposed to look like instead of being fully drawn-out.

Cheris wip I REALLY need to finish; drawn this fall.
God she's so cool. One of my favorite characters for sure.
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"Thank you for the light." Oh, Jedao, you manipulative fuck. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #ninefoxgambit

... why didn't I read this before, I am going to be positively fannish about it, I want a Shuos pin to wear #ninefoxgambit