Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, 2)
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.
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.
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Hard to review after Ancillary Justice. The writing and the world building are still top notch, but the story is much more straight forward and to put it bluntly smaller. The story in Ancillary Sword is much like the story told in the flashbacks in Ancillary Justice minus the shocking reveals greater sweeping saga regarding the fate of the Empire. Ann Leckie is still a brilliant writer and I will absolutely read the next book in the series (assuming there is one) but I am wondering where this is going and why any of the story in this book is significant.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
Hard to review after Ancillary Justice. The writing and the world building are still top notch, but the story is much more straight forward and to put it bluntly smaller. The story in Ancillary Sword is much like the story told in the flashbacks in Ancillary Justice minus the shocking reveals greater sweeping saga regarding the fate of the Empire. Ann Leckie is still a brilliant writer and I will absolutely read the next book in the series (assuming there is one) but I am wondering where this is going and why any of the story in this book is significant.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
Hard to review after Ancillary Justice. The writing and the world building are still top notch, but the story is much more straight forward and to put it bluntly smaller. The story in Ancillary Sword is much like the story told in the flashbacks in Ancillary Justice minus the shocking reveals greater sweeping saga regarding the fate of the Empire. Ann Leckie is still a brilliant writer and I will absolutely read the next book in the series (assuming there is one) but I am wondering where this is going and why any of the story in this book is significant.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
Hard to review after Ancillary Justice. The writing and the world building are still top notch, but the story is much more straight forward and to put it bluntly smaller. The story in Ancillary Sword is much like the story told in the flashbacks in Ancillary Justice minus the shocking reveals greater sweeping saga regarding the fate of the Empire. Ann Leckie is still a brilliant writer and I will absolutely read the next book in the series (assuming there is one) but I am wondering where this is going and why any of the story in this book is significant.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
The best part is the intricate view into a society of colonizers. Ann Leckie pulls no punches when revealing the flaws from Breq's point of view. Flaws that are hard to see unless you are an outsider. Even Breq who often points out she isn't really Radch is often blind to the ironies of the society the promises to 'civilize' at the point of a gun.
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