'Interesting, detailed, lavish.'- The Wall Street Journal

a compelling journey with a rich world and fascinating characters”- The Los Angeles Times A confident beginning with the promise of future installments that can't come quickly enough.'- Kirkus, starred review 'This is both an epic and a human story, successful in the mode of Ann Leckie and Yoon Ha Lee. 'Politics and personalities blend with an immersive setting and beautiful prose in a debut that weaves threads of identity, assimilation, technology, and culture to offer an exceedingly well-done sf political thriller.'- Library Journal, starred review Readers will eagerly away the planned sequels to this impressive debut.'- Publishers Weekly, starred review ' gorgeously crafted diplomatic space opera. it left me utterly dazzled.”- The New York Times Book Review 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! 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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