A Memory Called Empire

About this book

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelA Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019An NPR Favorite Book of 2019An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All TimeA Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” NomineeA Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Choice Awards Nominee"A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary JusticeAmbassador 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. 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.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.Arkady Martine's debut novel A Memory Called Empire is a fascinating space opera and an interstellar mystery adventure."The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the SkyAlso by Arkady Martine:A Desolation Called PeaceRose/House

About the author

Arkady Martine has 3 books in the store, published between 2019 and 2026, mostly in Fiction.

Details

Format

Hardcover

ISBN-13

9781250186430

Publisher

Tor Books

Published

March 26, 2019

Pages

464

Weight

16 oz

Editions

2 (Paperback · Hardcover)

Subject

Fiction