After reading Lexicon by Max Barry, you learn that it is true that words can really hurt, maim and even kill. After living on the streets for a couple of years, Emily has gotten good at using her powers of persuasion. This leads her to be noticed by a super secret society of unknown purpose that uses it's power with words to manipulate and control others. She is invited to attend their school, improve her skills and become an agent. It doesn't work out. Emily falls in love and is exiled to the bush of Australia. When the society comes after Emily, it becomes all out war, of words. Lexicon is a literary thriller that will make you question how much privacy we really have and who is controlling the information.