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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls
The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard
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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls was a great wonder; a perfect meld between cutting edge technology and esoteric sciences—its inhabitants capable of teleporting themselves anywhere, its weapons small and undetectable and deadly. Thirty years ago, threatened by an invading fleet from the Dai Viet Empire, the Citadel disappeared and was never seen again. But now the Dai Viet Empire itself is under siege, on the verge of a war against an enemy that turns their own mindships against them; and the Empress, who once gave the order to raze the Citadel, is in desperate needs of its weapons. Meanwhile, on a small isolated space station, an engineer obsessed with the past works on a machine that will send her thirty years back, to the height of the Citadel’s power. But the Citadel’s disappearance still extends chains of grief and regrets all the way into the fraught atmosphere of the Imperial Court; and this casual summoning of the past might have world-shattering consequences... A new book set in the award-winning, critically acclaimed Xuya universe.
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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard
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30 yrs ago the Citadel of Weeping Pearls vanished, taking with it one of the Empress's daughters. Now the Empress needs her daughter's special talents to help fend off an invasion, but the only scientist to ever find traces of the Citadel has also vanished.

Reading the preview, I thought it was going to be a mystery, with the Empress's ex lover investigating the disappearances, but it didn't really fit any subgenre. I still enjoyed it though.

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Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard

Quite a different sort of universe. I will read more of it.

November #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

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Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard
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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard
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30 years ago, the Empress's exiled daughter vanished in her citadel with all her followers. Now the Empress wants her back. Elsewhere in the empire, an engineer is looking for the citadel for reasons of her own.

I really like all of Aliette de Bodard's books that I've read. This one seemed more straightforward the others, but maybe I'm just getting used to her writing. It seems strange to use that word for a plot involving time travel...

effani This was my #BookSpin pick this month. This is the second time this year that I've bought one of de Bodard's books and added it to my list, and had it immediately come up. The fates must really want me to read her! In any case, thank you as always, @TheAromaofBooks! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Glad your pick was a good one!! 4y
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The Citadel of Weeping Pearls | Aliette de Bodard
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A really interesting book about the search for a lost Citadel and all the work and drama that entails. I really loved the relationship between the two princesses

imyril I loved this one - so many difficult relationships 6y
GivenLemons @imyril and we get to see each one from an outside perspective too! 6y
imyril I do love a novella that packs such a punch :D 6y
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