Ancillary Sword

ByAnn Leckie

Release Date: 2014-10-07
Genre: Science Fiction

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 405 Ratings

Description

Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, in the sequel to the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Ancillary Justice.

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.

Reviews

Entertaining but beware the Mary Sue
3
By SafeTinspector
The first book in this series, Ancillary Justice, was pretty astonishing in its world building and choice of protagonist. That protagonist, the AI of a starship living in a more-or-less human body and working towards its own goals in an androgynous, space-faring human civilization with distinct religions and mannerisms and customs, is back in this sequel taking place immediately after the events of that first novel. And while the story is still good, with decent pacing and characters you can sink your teeth into, that protagonist is now so deeply Mary Sue that she might as well be a demigod. It’s still worth a read, but I do wish there was a little more weakness and an occasional mistake by the PIV character. Let’s see if it’s better in the third installment, which I’ll definitely read because the plot still holds me
Ancillary Sword
1
By Prestate1
The obsession Ms. Leckie has with avoiding a single clear male character, even referring to the same person as she then he then she, she, she is so distracting that it ultimately destroys the readability of the book. Essentially all leaders, all characters, all sex is female to female.
A solid follow-up.
4
By Lamperti
Though not measuring up to Justice, still a fun read, and exhibiting many of Justice's strengths.