New novel · 2026

The Language of Liars

2026 science fiction novella

Summary

The Language of Liars is a 2026 science fiction novella set in outer space by S. L. Huang that explores themes of language, colonialism, and identity. The story follows Ro, a linguist, as he studies the Star Eater language in pursuit of "jumping" into one of their bodies through a psychic connection. In an interview with The Nerd Daily, Huang described the book as an "extremely nerdy linguistic alien space opera that has no humans in it at all."

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