A Memory Called Empire
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the Empire's glorious capital. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no-one will admit his death wasn't accidental - and she might be next. Mahit must navigate the capital's deadly halls of power, while hunting the killer. She must also somehow stop the Empire from annexing her fiercely independent colony. As she sinks deeper into this seductive yet unfamiliar culture, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. For she's hiding an extraordinary technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life.Or it might save them all from annihilation.
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A new ambassador arrives at the heart of a sprawling empire carrying the implanted memories of her predecessor, who died under suspicious circumstances. She has weeks to figure out why.
A Memory Called Empire was written by Arkady Martine and published in 2019 by Tor Books. It is her debut novel under that pen name; she also writes academic work as AnnaLinden Weller.
Yes. A Memory Called Empire won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2020. The sequel, A Desolation Called Peace, won the same award the following year, making the duology a back-to-back Hugo winner.
A Memory Called Empire is 464 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, A Memory Called Empire takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
A Memory Called Empire is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
A Memory Called Empire is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
