![]() ![]() Its such a refreshing approach I think it is clearly already Arkady Martine has written one of the best debuts in 2019. ![]() A Memory Called Empire often has the space opera happening stage left and instead focuses the fate of one of the galaxy’s largest empires and a small space station being played out with a small group of intriguing players in a capital city where words and actions often are more powerful than any diabolical space weapon. People are still important however as we need those characters to root for and sometimes those, we want to see get their long-awaited appropriate punishment. When we use the term space opera we often focus on the HUGE – the fleets battling in the stars, the clash of civilisations and the fate of empires. And Mahit is hiding a deadly technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life. Yet to achieve all this she must avoid assassination herself, while becoming enmeshed in the intrigues of the city-planet’s heart. Mahit must hunt down the killer, while somehow preventing the Empire from annexing her home: a small independent mining station. But when she arrives, she discovers her peoples’ previous ambassador was murdered – and no one will admit it wasn’t an accident. ![]() ![]() I would like to thank the publishers for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest reviewĪmbassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the capital of the Teixcalaanli Empire, eager to take up her new post. ![]()
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