Arkady Martine

An alien terror could spell our end. Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus faces an impossible task: win a war against an unknowable threat at the edge of Teixcalaanli space.In A Desolation Called Peace, the spectacular sequel to the Hugo Award-winning A Memory Called Empire, author Arkady Martine thrusts readers back into a world of enthralling space opera and political intrigue. With an inscrutable alien presence lurking on the borders of the empire, Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus must find a way to achieve victory against an enemy that no one can communicate with or destroy.Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass, both still reeling from recent upheaval, are sent as envoys to attempt a diplomatic solution. Failure could spell the end of the empire, but success might change the face of Teixcalaan forever. Martine weaves a complex and deeply human adventure, exploring themes of memory, language, and power in a richly imagined universe.Praise for Arkady Martine's Teixcalaan series:'All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it.' – Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice'A cutting, beautiful, human adventure . . . The best SF novel I've read in the last five years.' – Yoon Ha Lee, author of Ninefox GambitA Desolation Called Peace is the second book in the Teixcalaan duology, a must-read for fans of space opera, political intrigue, and queer science fiction.

WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL " An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."--Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called EmpireA 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, and 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 and 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--and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion. Or it might create something far stranger . . .

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelA Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019An NPR Favorite Book of 2019An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All TimeA Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and "Not the Booker Prize" NomineeA Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Choice Awards Nominee "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 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. Arkady Martine's debut novel A Memory Called Empire is a fascinating space opera and an interstellar mystery adventure. "The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the SkyAlso by Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called PeaceRose/House

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations. Featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed writers such as Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, Indrapramit Das, Carlos Hernandez, Sarah Gailey, Ann Leckie, John Chu, Urusla Vernon, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, and more, The Mythic Dream is sure to become a new classic.

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelA Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019An NPR Favorite Book of 2019An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All TimeA Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and "Not the Booker Prize" NomineeA Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Choice Awards Nominee "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 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. Arkady Martine's debut novel A Memory Called Empire is a fascinating space opera and an interstellar mystery adventure. "The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."--Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the SkyAlso by Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called PeaceRose/House

Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. "I'm a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?" All of Basit Deniau's houses were haunted. Rose House, his final architectural triumph built in the remote Mojave desert, was perhaps the most. A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing. But a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every crevice and corner with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. That is Rose House. When Detective Maritza Smith gets a call from Rose House, she's shocked to learn that there is a dead body inside its sealed-up walls. Everybody in town knows it's haunted. But Basit died more than a year ago, and everybody also knows that only his former protege, Dr. Selene Gisil, is permitted inside. But Selene wasn't in the country when Rose House called in the death. Who is the dead body? How did they get in? And who--or what--killed them? The answers lie within the labyrinthine halls of Rose House. But even if Martiza can get inside, there is no guarantee she will ever be able to leave ... Also by Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire A Desolation Called Peace

A taut, uncanny sci-fi thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.‘Exquisitely creepy’ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY, Hugo Award-winning author of the Children of Time series‘I'm a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?’Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every load-bearing beam and fine marble tile with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. But now Deniau’s been dead a year, and Rose House is locked up tight, as commanded by the architect’s will.Dr. Selene Gisil, a former protégé, is the sole person permitted to come into Rose House once a year. Now, there is a dead person in Rose House. It is not Basit Deniau, and it is not Dr. Gisil. It is someone else. But Rose House won’t communicate any further.No one can get inside Rose House, except Dr. Gisil. Dr. Gisil was not in North America when Rose House called in the death. But someone did. And someone died there.And someone may be there still.'A sharp, clever blend of science fictional gothic and crime'The Guardian

AI meets The Haunting of Hill House in Rose/House, a brilliantly clever sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, the Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation of Peace.

&b>&i>Rose/House &/i>is a brilliantly clever sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, the Hugo Award-winning author of &i>A Memory Called Empire &/i>and &i>A Desolation of Peace. &/i>&/b>

Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire. "I'm a piece of architecture, Detective. How should I know how humans are like to die?" All of Basit Deniau's houses were haunted. Rose House, his final architectural triumph built in the remote Mojave desert, was perhaps the most. A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing. But a house that is an artificial intelligence, infused in every crevice and corner with a thinking creature that is not human? That is something else altogether. That is Rose House. When Detective Maritza Smith gets a call from Rose House, she's shocked to learn that there is a dead body behind its sealed-up door. Everybody in town knows it's haunted. But Basit died more than a year ago, and everybody also knows that only his former protege, Dr. Selene Gisil, is permitted inside. But Selene wasn't in the country when Rose House called in the death. Who is the dead body? How did they get in? And who--or what--killed them? The answers lie within the labyrinthine halls of Rose House. But even if Martiza can get inside, there is no guarantee she will ever be able to leave ... Also by Arkady Martine: A Memory Called EmpireA Desolation Called Peace

WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL " An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."--Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called EmpireA 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, and 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 and 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--and allow the empire to continue its rapacious expansion. Or it might create something far stranger . . .

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel'I absolutely loved it' – Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary JusticeIn a war of lies, she seeks the truth. An epic, queer space opera, A Memory Called Empire is the astonishing debut novel from Arkady Martine.Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire’s interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. 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.Now Mahit must navigate the capital’s enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths. And, while she hunts for the killer, Mahit must somehow prevent the rapacious Empire from annexing her home: a small, fiercely independent mining station.As she sinks deeper into an alien culture that is all too seductive, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. For she is hiding an extraordinary technological secret – one which might destroy her station and its way of life. Or it might save them from annihilation.A Memory Called Empire is the first in the Teixcalaan duology. It is followed by A Desolation Called Peace.‘Contender for debut of the year’ - SFX MagazineShortlisted for the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Goodreads Choice AwardsPerfect for those who loved Ann Leckie's epic space opera Ancillary Justice, Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels.

&b>A gripping political intrigue in space . . . a tale of empire, intrigue and rebellion with a murder at its heart.&/b>