In the Teixcalaanli language there is one word for “empire,” “the City” and “world”: “One had to note the context.” Mahit goes to the City and is met by her liaison, Three Seagrass. She goes to the heart-planet of the Empire, the City, without having time to properly assimilate the out of date Yskandr. She has been infatuated with Teixcalaan culture and history since childhood and her personality is compatible with Yskandr’s. Mahit Dzmare is chosen as new ambassador. He was ambassador for 20 years and had only returned to Lsel to update his imago-machine 15 years ago, leaving it critically out of date. The previous ambassador, Yskandr Aghavn, is missing or dead. The vast and ancient Teixcalaan Empire requires a new ambassador from Lsel. The imago-machines are implanted in the brain stem and the multiple personalities must learn to coexist. On Lsel they use imago-machines – recordings of a person’s memory – to pass on vital information to that person’s successor. There is a small mining station called Lsel. A Memory Called Empire places linguistic and social nuance at the heart of a political thriller.
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