Babel-17/Empire Star essays an intimately told story about

an intimately told story about a woman living by her own rules and the rural community that struggles to understand her

and one of my absolute favourite writers" -TAYARI JONES

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Babel-17/Empire Star essays an intimately told story aboutShips in 7 10 business days Babel 17, winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemys deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. For the first time, Babel 17 is published as the author intended with the short novel Empire Star, the tale of Comet Jo, a simple minded teen