S.L. Huang

• Apr-2026
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A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author of The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang."Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and conseq...

• Mar-2024
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In this Locus Award finalist prequel novelette to the critically acclaimed The Water Outlaws, nine-year-old Li Li is introduced to a web of community secrets and family intrigue when she helps her mother bury the corpse of a man that has somehow woun...

• Jun-2023
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A Best-Of Pick for Vulture | The Washington Post | Publishers Weekly | Men's Health | IGN | Polygon | Goodreads | Amazon | Nerd Daily | WeAreBookish | Paste | Books, Bones & Buffy | The Escapist | Paste Magazine | SciFixFantasy | Distractify | Gi...

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• Oct-2020
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S. L. Huang's Burning Roses is a gorgeous fairy tale of love and family, of demons and lost gods, for fans of Zen Cho and JY Yang. When Rosa (aka Red Riding Hood) and Hou Yi the Archer join forces to stop the deadly sunbirds from ravaging the ...

• May-2020
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S. L. Huang's Critical Point is a breakout SF thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg Rucka.Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has stopped a shadow organization from brainwashing the world and discovered her past was deliberately erased and her supe...

• Nov-2019
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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, S. L. Huang's "As the Last I May Know" is a Tor.com original tale of alternate history.Nyma was raised by the Order Elders to be one of the President's Carriers. Now she is ten years old and the nation i...

• Jul-2019
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S. L. Huang's Null Set is the breakout sf thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg RuckaMath-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an ar...

• Dec-2016
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A dark retelling of The Little Mermaid from the author of HUNTING MONSTERSI suppose if this is going to be recorded somewhere for posterity, I should set the record straight. The ghostwriter will probably cut it all, but hey, it's the principle of th...

• Jun-2016
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Cas Russell, antisocial mercenary, has decided to Fight Crime. With capital letters, like in one of her friend's comic books.After all, she has a real-life superpower: with her instantaneous mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an ...

• Oct-2015
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Back for book three . . .Cas Russell has always used her superpowered mathematical skills to dodge snipers or take down enemies. Oh, yeah, and make as much money as possible on whatever unsavory gigs people will hire her for. But then one of her few ...

• Sep-2015
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Cas teaches Pilar to shoot.  Considering Cas is an acerbic mercenary and Pilar is a delightful admin, this goes about how you'd expect....

• Sep-2015
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Xiao Hong travels to her mother's homeland in pursuit of Rosa in the sequel to Hunting Monsters My seventeenth birthday, the day I became a woman in the eyes of the law, my mother sat down at the small table in our cot...

• Jan-2015
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A puppy appears on Rio's doorstep. Fortunately, Rio is fully aware he's a sadistic psychopath utterly lacking in empathy, and thus does not hurt the puppy. But he also doesn't know what to do with it. This 4,000-word short story is a companion to the...

• Dec-2014
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Cas Russell is back -- and so is her deadly supermath. Cas may be an antisocial mercenary who uses her instant calculating skills to mow down enemies, but she's trying hard to build up a handful of morals. So when she's hired by an anguished fathe...

• Oct-2014
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"Happy birthday, child. Careful not to shoot any grundwirgen."Ever since she was a small girl, she has learned to be careful on the hunt, to recognize the signs that separate regular animals from human-cursed grundwirgen. To harm a grundwirgen is a c...

• Apr-2014
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ZERO SUM GAME Best of Lists:* Best Books of the Month at The Verge, Book Riot, Unbound Worlds, SYFY, & Kirkus* The Mary Sue Book Club Pick* Library Journal Best Debuts of Fall and WinterA blockbuster, near-future science fiction thriller, S.L. Hu...