A Desolation Called Peace: Texicalaan (Volume 2)
Arkady MartineWINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Now a USA Today bestseller!
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Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee for Best Science Fiction Book of 2021
"[An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called Empire
A Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing, Hugo Award-winning debut, A Memory Called Empire.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, & Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options.
In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare & Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire—face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity.
Their failure will guarantee millions of deaths in an endless war. Their success might prevent Teixcalaan's destruction—& allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion.
Or it might create something far stranger...
Arkady Martine (she/her) 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 & a city planner. She is currently a policy advisor for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, & Natural Resources Department, where she works on climate change mitigation, energy grid modernization, & resiliency planning. Under both names, she writes about border politics, rhetoric, propaganda, & the edges of the world. Arkady grew up in New York City &, after some time in Turkey, Canada, & Sweden, & Baltimore, lives in Santa Fe with her wife, the author Vivian Shaw.