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Violence
Some
Space combat and alien-human conflict; some violence
Language
Barely any
Clean language; literary science fiction prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The philosophical weight of encountering something that cannot be communicated with in any human framework
What this book is about
The sequel to A Memory Called Empire follows fleet commander Three Seagrass and a traumatized soldier as they investigate first contact with an alien species that communicates in ways humans cannot understand. Arkady Martine's Hugo-winning space opera continues its exploration of empire, identity, and language.
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