A Desolation Called Peace: Notes on Empire, Identity, and Other Intimacies
After a break of a few days, I returned to Teixcalaan—because it felt like unfinished business. A Desolation Called Peace is the second and final book in Arkady Martine’s duology, and I’d left it unread. That’s not good form when you choose a series precisely because the story arc spans only two books. Not…