![]() ![]() We have a huge looming threat of an advancing alien empire that is both figuratively and in some cases literally devouring up the edges of the Teixcalaan Empire. ![]() The story starts up right at the end of the first book. This time the grander idea is wrapped in an exciting first contact story between two disparate creatures. Desolation is about memory again, but I think it expands on the idea of how memory is expressed through language and communication. This abstract idea was wrapped in an exciting murder mystery that kept the story moving and gave it an understandable hook for readers to latch on to. Cultural memory can devour and expand inside of you and push the “you” out and replace it with a new transformed you. I’m not a citizen.” And she smiled, terrifying and far too beautiful with all those teeth exposed, gesturing to her entire lack of cloudhook.”Īrkady Martine quoted in the first book, “This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever fallen in love with a culture that was devouring their own.” The first novel, A Memory Called Empire, was about the power of memory and specifically what memory is. “You’d have to ask medical,” said Two Foam. Still, instead of focusing the guts of the story on the understanding of what memory is, A Desolation Called Peace focuses on how we communicate. ![]() A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine’s next installment in the Teixcalaan following her Hugo award-winning novel A Memory Called Empire is just as culturally rich and profound as A Memory Called Empire was. ![]()
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