A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine

n nA Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019 nA Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of Geek nAn NPR Favorite Book of 2019 nA Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and Not the Booker Prize Nominee nA Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee n nA 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 Justice n nAmbassador 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. n nNow, 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. n nA fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. n nThe most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love.--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky n nAnd coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace n