A Practical Guide to Conquering the World
by K J Parker (Orbit, 2022); audiobook read by Ray Sawyer (Isis, 2022)
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Deeply cynical and posing very real questions about the nature of recorded history (although the title in this instance comes a little too close to the truth; the narrative is less of a story, more a thought experiment in psychology and logistics).