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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan)

A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan)

by Martine Arkady (Author), Arkady Martine (Author), Martine Arkady (Author)

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    Hardcover 2019

    $37.34
Synopsis

A new ambassador arrives in the galactic empire's capital to investigate her predecessor's murder. But nothing could have prepared her for the labyrinth of intrigue ahead - which will threaten both her and the empire itself.

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the capital of the Teixcalaanli Empire, eager to take up her new post. But when she arrives, she discovers her peoples' previous ambassador was murdered - and no one will admit it wasn't an accident. Mahit must hunt down the killer, while somehow preventing the Empire from annexing her home: a small independent mining station.

Yet to achieve all this she must avoid assassination herself, while becoming enmeshed in the intrigues at the city-planet's heart. And Mahit is hiding a deadly technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life. Or it might save them from annihilation.

An extraordinary science fiction debut, Arkady Martine's first novel in the Texicalaan series, A Memory Called Empire is perfect for fans of John Scalzi, Becky Chambers and Frank Herbert's Dune.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 464
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Tor
Published: 04 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 1529001579
ISBN 13: 9781529001570

Media Reviews
A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it -- Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice
A cutting, beautiful, human adventure about cultural exchange, identity, and intrigue. The best SF novel I've read in the last five years -- Yoon Ha Lee, author of Ninefox Gambit
An intricate, layered tale of empire, personal ambition, political obligations and interstellar intrigue. Vivid and delightfully inventive -- Aliette de Bodard, author of The House of Shattered Wings
An elegant and accomplished example of the subgenre of subtle scheming with a background of stars. A delightful read. I couldn't put it down -- Jo Walton, author of Among Others
An exceptional first novel recommended for fans of Cherryh, Leckie, Banks, and Asimov -- Elizabeth Bear, author of Karen Memory
In A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine smuggles you into her interstellar diplomatic pouch, and takes you on the most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love: identity crises, unlikely romance, complicated politics, and cunning adventurers. Super-fun, and ultra-fascinating -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky
A Memory Called Empire is a murder mystery wrapped up in a political space opera, and deeply immerses the reader in a unique culture and society. I very much enjoyed it and look forward to what Martine does next -- Martha Wells, author of All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries)
Arkady Martine's first novel is a thrillingly smart space opera with grand scope. Everything's here: plots and counterplots, political manoeuvring, great writing, and brilliant ideas on language and empire. Like Iain M. Banks, she's created a universe that can spawn a hundred books. Hop on now, people -- Daryl Gregory, author of Spoonbenders
Exquisite and smart as hell -- Fran Wilde, author of Updraft
Author Bio
Arkady Martine is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and an apprentice city planner. Under both names she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada and Sweden, lives in Baltimore with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.