From New York Times best-selling author Yoon Ha Lee. The essential short story collection set in the universe of the Hugo Award nominated Machineries of Empire series

An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon.

A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent.

A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade.

From the incredible imagination of Hugo- and Arthur C. Clarke-nominated author Yoon Ha Lee comes a collection of stories set in the world of the best-selling Ninefox Gambit. Showcasing Lee's extraordinary imagination, this collection takes you to the very beginnings of the hexarchate's history and reveals new never-before-seen stories.