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...