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And as she listens to a recitation of a poem of self-sacrifice at war, which simultaneously spells the name of one of the lost soldiers in the opening glyphs of each line, Mahit realizes that right here, in this very place, is everything she has wanted since she was a young girl back on her home planet at the edge of the empire. The gathering doubles as a poetry contest.

Mahit stands in awe of what to her eyes is the pinnacle of civilization. The city of cities, it is the center of the Teixcalaani universe.Īrriving in the capital, the new ambassador is immediately invited to attend a gathering of the glittering literati at court. Teixcalaan is like the sun around which all the other planets in the empire revolve.

In Arkady Martine’s 2019 debut novel A Memory called Empire, newly-appointed Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels via jumpgate from her home planet at the edge of the Teixcalaani empire to the capital.