Ancillary Sword

Paperback, 400 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 2014 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-24665-1
OCLC Number:: 879642553

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.

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 …

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.

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.

7 editions

jay reviewed L'épée de l'ancillaire by Ann Leckie (Les chroniques du Radch)

3 stars

I found this a bit weaker than the first. Maybe because as a middle book in a series, the plot resolution wasn't as satisfying as in the first. Still, suspense and pacing were good.

Also I found the critique of colonialism a bit too on the nose, and even going wrong sometimes.

(I wish I had more to say about it, but I listened to this on low spoons/bad brain days.)

I found this a bit weaker than the first. Maybe because as a middle book in a series, the plot resolution wasn't as satisfying as in the first. Still, suspense and pacing were good.

Also I found the critique of colonialism a bit too on the nose, and even going wrong sometimes.

(I wish I had more to say about it, but I listened to this on low spoons/bad brain days.)

gabe. reviewed L'épée de l'ancillaire by Ann Leckie (Les chroniques du Radch)

Way different from the first book, but still good

4 stars

While the first book had Justice of Torren right in the middle of all the action, this book has her in command of a ship and is much more focused on the political side of her character. I found it slower, but just as entertaining as the first.