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Ancillary Sword

Ann Leckie (2014)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesImperial Radch #2
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads4.09

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderGuiltViolenceDeath

Positive tags

Found FamilyRedemption ArcSlow BurnSelf-Discovery

Tropes

AI AwakeningSpace OperaMilitary SFMorally Gray ProtagonistFound FamilyGalactic EmpireSentient ShipUploaded Consciousness

Themes

AI ConsciousnessClass StruggleColonialismGuiltIdentityMilitary CultureRedemption

Synopsis

Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, in the sequel to Ann Leckie's NYT bestselling, award-winning Ancillary Justice. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds, now she has only a single body and serves the emperor. With a new ship and a troublesome crew, Breq is ordered to go to the only place in the galaxy she would agree to go: to Athoek Station to protect the family of a lieutenant she once knew - a lieutenant she murdered in cold blood. Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy has become one of the new classics of science fiction. Beautifully written and forward thinking, it does what good science fiction does best, taking readers to bold new worlds with plenty explosions along the way. In the Ancillary world: Ancillary JusticeAncillary SwordAncillary Mercy Provenance For more from Ann Leckie, check out:The Raven Tower

Tags

Literary Science FictionCharacter-DrivenAward WinnerFeminist Science Fiction