The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

When Xích Si is captured by space pirates, the last thing she expects is a marriage proposal from the banner head. Having little choice but to accept the mindship’s proposition, she knows her life is about to be changed forever…

Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta

Noria is a young tea master in a post-apocalyptic Finland, trying to survive her harsh world and protect her family’s secret – a hidden spring of water, unknown from the water controlling military.