Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixcalaan’s unceasing expansion-all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret-one that might spell the end of her Station and her way of life-or rescue it from annihilation.Ī fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. Just like The Caves of Steel, A Memory Called Empireis a grand experiment about what humans will give up for survival. But no one will admit that his death wasn’t an accident-or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. And from behind the curve of the large gaseous planet at coordinate B5682.76R1, the Emperor Twelve Solar-Flare arose on the bow of her ship, and she was a radiant blaze flooding all. A Memory Called Empirecombines Asimov’s vision with a genuinely compelling narrative, one that does not include the morally suspect qualities of his books. The sequel, A Desolation Called Peace, came out in March of this year.

All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it.”-Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary JusticeĪmbassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. My first novel, A Memory Called Empire, a space opera with a political thriller and a pretty obsessive look at assimilation and imperialism hidden inside it, came out in 2019 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2020, which is still a remarkable phrase to type. “ A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelĪ Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019Ī Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of GeekĪ Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” NomineeĪ Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee

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