A Memory Called Empire

A memory called empire is ruined by the profanity. It does not fit will with the characters' language and distracts from the narrative. The story is primarily a futuristic political intrigue with a few science fiction elements. One small community wants to prevent the larger empire from annexing them. A representative is sent to replace the previous one. However, there is a succession crisis going on with the big empire. They are all caught in it. The small group has this ability to "store" memories to give a form of endless life. There is also romance and various alliances with the various people involved in succession crisis. (It has hard to keep them straight with the "name-number" format of names.)