Science Fiction · TenseA few months after the first Teixcalaan novel, an alien threat emerges as the empire faces war
A Desolation Called Peace
The Teixcalaan sequel, with a threat at the empire's edge
Tor Books published the novel on 2 March 2021, and the hardcover has 496 pages. It is the second Teixcalaan book, after A Memory Called Empire. It is set in the Teixcalaanli Empire a few months after the first novel, as an alien threat emerges. The title alludes to a line by Tacitus about a Caledonian chieftain describing Roman policy as creating a wasteland and calling it peace.
More about this book
Who
Three Seagrass, Mahit Dzmare, Nine Hibiscus, Twenty Cicada and Eight Antidote.
World
The Teixcalaanli Empire, months after the first book.
What makes it different
The title alludes to Tacitus. It won the Hugo and the Locus Award in 2022, making the sequel the second Hugo winner of the series.
Feel
Tense and political.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- A Desolation Called PeaceWikipedia