The Republic of Memory

The Safina is a city ship, two hundred years into its voyage from the ruins of Earth towards a new habitable world. Its crew maintain the ship, generation after generation, while protecting their ''ancestors'' - the final remnants of Earth''s doomed Network Empire - by keeping them alive in cryostasis. But a lot can change in two hundred years, and people are starting to ask questions. Why should the crew continue to toil for people none of them remember? What exactly gives Administration its authority over everyone else? And when the blackouts start, they set in motion a chain of events that will change life on the Safina forever. A reckoning is coming. The system is only secure so long as those in power maintain the obedience of those beneath them. And the crew has had enough. A science fiction odyssey of breathtaking scope, The Republic of Memory is a gripping examination of what divides us, and what brings us together. This is a modern and ambitious work of Arabfuturism, and is perfect for fans of The Expanse, A Memory Called Empire or Children of Time .

Product details

• Authors: Mahmud El Sayed
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9781399626347
• ISBN: 978-1-399-62634-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Science Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Space Opera, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera, FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Exploration, Narrative theme: Social issues, Science fiction: Space opera, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, FICTION / Science Fiction / Crime & Mystery