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"Empire and Environment: Ecological Ruin in the Transpacific" is a book that explores the Pacific Ocean as an agentic material assemblage that participates in planetary discourses. The book focuses on the material ecology of the Pacific Ocean, including its colonial history, and examines the enduring imperialism across the Pacific. It features thirteen essays that highlight Indigenous Pacific voices, creativity, resistance, and activism. The book frames ecological ruination as a crisis that cannot be addressed without confronting the interconnected realities of colonialism, racism, and capitalism. It offers important contributions to the fields of environmental humanities, transpacific studies, and empire studies, and highlights alternative coalitions and possible futures in the face of imperial debris. [Extracted from the article]