Martine manages to integrate a James Bond, John Wick-esque tone into a fully-fledged Science Fiction political thriller, and I am in awe. In order to protect her home, Mahit dodges assassination attempts, solves murder mysteries, makes shady deals with resistance figures, and weaves a delicate political dance that assumes an intelligent and keyed-in reader.
The whole book is threaded with the urgency of an uber-powerful empire in tumult. Mahit’s foreignness is just another obstacle to a whirlwind book that somehow manages to be political, philosophical, and intensely fast-paced and action-packed. The constant attention to linguistic meaning-as well as through facial expression, body language, and ceremony-turns a brilliantly imagined universe into something that feels real and challenging. 'A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity.In Teixcalaani, the word for “city” also means “the world” and also means “empire.” Through our heroine Mahit, a foreigner “barbarian” to the heart of the vast Teixcalaani empire, the reader learns about a vibrant, fascinating, wholly original culture through its language.
Or it might save them from annihilation.Ī Memory Called Empire is followed by A Desolation Called Peace in the Teixcalaan duology. For she’s hiding an extraordinary technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life.
And while she hunts for the killer, Mahit must somehow prevent the rapacious Empire from annexing her home: a small, fiercely independent mining station.Īs she sinks deeper into an alien culture that is all too seductive, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. Now Mahit must navigate the capital’s enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths. But no one will admit his death wasn’t accidental – and she might be next. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. Īmbassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire’s interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. Shortlisted for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards. For those who loved Ann Leckie's epic space opera Ancillary Justice, Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Iain M. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel.Īrkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is one of the hottest science fiction debuts.
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