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A Memory Called Empire

by Arkady Martine

Hugo Award (Best Novel) · 2020 · WinnerWorld Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2020 · ShortlistDragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · 2019 · Shortlist
Tor BookssffISBN 9781250186430

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Hugo Award (Best Novel)2020Winner
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2020Shortlist
Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2019Shortlist

About This Book

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives at the capital of a vast empire to find her predecessor dead and must untangle a conspiracy while navigating a culture she adores and fears. A richly literary space opera about cultural imperialism. Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

Arkady Martine is an American science fiction author and Byzantine historian. She won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the Hugo Award for Best Novel for A Desolation Called Peace (2022), the second volume of her Teixcalaan series. Her debut A Memory Called Empire (2019) won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Arthur C. Read more →

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