Title:
A Memory Called Empire

Overview:
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel, Arkady Martines debut A Memory Called Empire lands with the propulsion of a major space opera and the precision of a political thriller. The story follows Ambassador Mahit Dzmare as she travels to the Teixcalaanli Empires interstellar capital, a glittering crossroads of culture and ambition. She arrives prepared to advocate for her far-flung mining station, yet quickly encounters a murder that no one is willing to acknowledge as such. With the empires appetite for expansion simmering just beneath the surface, Mahit must navigate a labyrinth of loyalties, traditions, and conspiracies that could topple governments and erase entire worlds. Adding to the tension is a dangerous secretan alien technology embedded in Mahits bodythat could either save her people or doom them to annexation and extinction. Martine crafts a richl