The story follows Mahit Dzmare, the ambassador from Lsel Station to the Teixcalaanli Empire, as she investigates the death of her predecessor. It’s a sweeping space opera, that focuses on the relationship between the independent Lysel Station, and the Teixcalaan Space Empire. It’s a very well regarded work, having received the Hugo Award for best Novel in 2020, and was a 2019 Nebula Award Finalist. “A Memory Called Empire” is the first book in the Teixcalaan Series by Arkady Martine. Readers will eagerly await the planned sequels to this impressive debut. Martine allows the backstory to unroll slowly, much as Mahit struggles with her intermittent memories, walking delicately upon the tightrope of intrigue and partisan battles in the streets to safely bring the tale to a poignantly true conclusion. The Teixcalaanli culture comes so fully to life that the glossary in the back of the book is unnecessary. Mahit instead relies on her need to establish an identity of her own while juggling an aging Emperor's desire for technological immortality and a threatened military uprising to his rule. Her secret implant of Yskandr's memories should be aiding her, but it is 15 years out of date and, apparently, sabotaged. Her fluency in Teixcalaanli language and culture ("for a barbarian") helps her decode the messages hidden in their poetry, even as it inclines her to the same starry-eyed admiration and involvement with the Imperial court that overcame her predecessor. Mahit Dzmare, summoned from tiny Lsel Station to replace the previous ambassador to the Teixcalaanli Empire, Yskandr, must negotiate both for Yskandr's corpse and for the safety of her home world, an object of Imperial annexation. This book has everything I love." -Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the SkyĪnd coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace!Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.ĭebut novelist Martine sets a careful course in this gorgeously crafted diplomatic space opera that strands its protagonist amid imperial politics and murder. 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. 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. 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. " 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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