Embassytown

Welcome to Embassytown, a city on the edge of the universe where humans and the enigmatic Hosts, aliens who cannot lie, coexist. Avice, a human with a unique connection to the Hosts, finds her world upended by the arrival of a new Ambassador. When this Ambassador speaks, a catastrophe is set in motion, forcing Avice to confront the impossible: communicating directly with the alien Hosts.