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. 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. 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.
A fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine's A Memory
Called Empire is 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 Sky
And coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace!
