In the scene, the protagonist Mahit Dzmare, ambassador from the (tenuously) independent Lsel station, is introduced by her cultural liaison to a crowd of Teixcalaanli literati during an imperial banquet: She could follow about half of the allusions and quotations that slipped in and. Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky And coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. There is a scene near the beginning of A Memory Called Empire that I remember reading with so much clarity. A fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. 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. 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 Justice Ambassador 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. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019 A Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of Geek An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and 'Not the Booker Prize' Nominee A Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity.

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