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A Memory Called Empire
A Science Fiction Novel by Arkady Martine
Book 1 of the Teixcalaan Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Space Opera,
- Political Thriller,
- Murder Mystery
This book is for you if you're into...
- Sci-fi empires obsessed with poetry and language as power
- Political intrigue where survival means mastering alien court customs
- Ambassadors hiding tech secrets in hostile, seductive cultures
From Little Stack
The Teixcalaanli Empire is an expansionist government, seeking to conquer and control new planets through their military might. Yet in a fascinating twist, it’s also hyper-obsessed with poetry and linguistics, and they see it as their mandate to spread their culture to the rest of the universe. The empire makes its arts, language, and traditions the aspiration of all peoples—always by force—and so outsiders abandon their own language and customs in an effort to assimilate.
It is a “cultural hegemony”, wielding the linguistic arts as effectively as their vast weapons of war. Echoes of Brave New World are clearly seen in the way language and poetry is used as a tool of control.
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.
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Rose/House
2024
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