2020/96: A Memory Called Empire -- Arkady Martine
Monday, August 24th, 2020 09:05 am2020/96: A Memory Called Empire -- Arkady Martine
...each and every one of those captains has led troops down into a new system, carrying all the poison gifts she can muster: trade agreements and poetry, taxes and the promise of protection, black-muzzled energy weapons and the sweeping architecture of a new governor’s palace built around the open many-rayed heart of a sun temple. [p. 11]( no spoilers )