Arkady Martine is the Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. She is a speculative fiction writer and, as Dr. AnnaLinden Weller, a historian of the Byzantine Empire and a city planner. She is currently a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation, energy grid modernization, adn resiliency planning. Under both names, she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, and the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City and, after some time in Turkey, Canada, and Sweden, and Baltimore, lives in Santa Fe with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.
"A dizzying, exhilarating story of diplomacy, conspiracy, and first
contact in the powerhouse sequel to [Martine's] Hugo Award-winning
debut . . . This complex, stunning space opera promises to reshape
the genre"--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Martine weaves a
dramatic and suspenseful story of political intrigue and alien
first contact . . . each character is rendered in exquisite
detail."--Booklist, starred review Praise for A Memory Called
Empire "A mesmerizing debut . . . it left me utterly dazzled."--The
New York Times Book Review "[A] gorgeously crafted diplomatic space
opera . . . Readers will eagerly away the planned sequels to this
impressive debut."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Politics and
personalities blend with an immersive setting and beautiful prose
in a debut that weaves threads of identity, assimilation,
technology, and culture to offer an exceedingly well-done sf
political thriller."--Library Journal, starred review "This is both
an epic and a human story, successful in the mode of Ann Leckie and
Yoon Ha Lee. A confident beginning with the promise of future
installments that can't come quickly enough."--Kirkus, starred
review "Exquisite . . . a compelling journey with a rich world and
fascinating characters"--The Los Angeles Times "Interesting,
detailed, lavish."--The Wall Street Journal "A Memory Called Empire
perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and
identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love
it."--Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "In A Memory Called
Empire, Arkady Martine smuggles you into her interstellar
diplomatic pouch, and takes you on the most thrilling ride ever.
This book has everything I love: identity crises, unlikely romance,
complicated politics, and cunning adventurers. Super-fun, and
ultra-fascinating."--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds
in the Sky "Stunning sci-fi debut. An ambassador from a small space
station has to survive in the capital of a galactic empire where
everyone seems to want her dead. Add in a great
will-they-won't-they wlw romantic interest. Awesome."--Rick
Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series "An elegant and
accomplished example of the subgenre of subtle scheming with a
background of stars. A delightful read. I couldn't put it
down."--Jo Walton, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of Among
Others "A taut murder mystery entwined with questions of
technological ethics, A Memory Called Empire is also an evocative
depiction of foreignness. Martine creates an elaborate and
appealing culture against which to play out this story of political
intrigue, assimilation, and resistance. Daring, beautiful,
immersive, and often profound."--Malka Older, author of Infomocracy
"A Memory Called Empire is a murder mystery wrapped up in a
political space opera, and deeply immerses the reader in a unique
culture and society. I very much enjoyed it and look forward to
what Martine does next."--Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot
Diaries
"A cunningly plotted, richly imagined tale of interstellar intrigue
that does something new with space opera."--Ken MacLeod "A Memory
Called Empire elevates space opera to poetry--clever, deep,
sometimes tragic, sometimes violent, always transcendent poetry
that shines like the edge of a knife."--Delilah Dawson "An
intricate, layered tale of empire, personal ambition, political
obligations and interstellar intrigue. Vivid and delightfully
inventive."--Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of the
Xuya Universe stories and The House of Binding Thorns "A cutting,
beautiful, human adventure about cultural exchange, identity, and
intrigue. The best SF novel I've read in the last five
years."--Yoon Ha Lee, author of the Machineries of Empire trilogy
"An exceptional first novel recommended for fans of Cherryh,
Leckie, Banks, and Asimov."--Elizabeth Bear, author of Hammered "A
Memory Called Empire . . . is so frigging good. It's like a space
opera murder mystery combined with all the political parts of
Dune."--Dan Wells, author of I Am Not a Serial Killer
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