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All right, so now let's get to our show.

The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 425 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is R. K.

She holds a PhD in Byzantine history and works as a policy analyst for the state of New Mexico focusing on climate

mitigation and energy policy.

And we'll be speaking with her today about her debut novel A Memory Called Empire,

about an ambassador to a galaxy-span who investigates the murder for predecessor.

And now here's our interview with R. Kity Martin.

All right, so we're here with R. Kity Martin and welcome to the show.

Hi, thanks for having me.

So in the acknowledgement of a memory called Empire, you say,

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