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When Mahit Dzmare, ambassador from a distant mining colony, is posted to the Empire’s imperial capital, she finds herself mourning the previous envoy, whose death has been declared accidental.
Soon, Mahit realizes the investigation will end with her if she falters. As she navigates the empire’s perilous corridors of power, she must hunt the murderer, protect her home world from annexation, and guard a technological secret that could either doom her peoples or save them all.
Set in a sprawling, extraterritorial empire, the novel blends political intrigue, action, and LGBTQ themes in a richly imagined, award‑winning science‑fiction landscape.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Arkady Martine
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