Ancillary Mercy

Ann Leckie

This book might be part of the Imperial Radch series.

For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.

Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist — someone who might be a refugee from a ship that's been hiding beyond the empire's reach for three thousand years.

In the meantime a messenger from the alien and mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai —ruler of an empire that's at war with itself.

Anaander is heavily …

For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.

Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist — someone who might be a refugee from a ship that's been hiding beyond the empire's reach for three thousand years.

Anaander is heavily armed and extremely unhappy with Breq. She could take her ship and crew and flee, but that would leave everyone at Athoek in terrible danger.

Breq has a desperate plan. The odds aren't good, but that's never stopped her before.

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Paperback, 330 pages

English language

Published Dec. 26, 2015 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-356-50242-7
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Subjects

Science fiction
Space fiction
Military
Politics
Intergalactic war
Cloning
Artificial intelligence
LGBT+
Tea

Reviews

Lien reviewed Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ancillary Joy

5.0 stars

This book leans away from the beautiful melancholy of the first in the series, with a more optimistic (occasionally hilarious) tone. I loved every moment Sphene and Zeiat spent together. The ending surprised me just as much as it surprised the characters, but I suppose it had been brewing underneath my notice. There was a Chekhov's gun obligation that I'm not sure was entirely discharged, but I'm still definitely prepared to rate the book five stars for the enjoyment I got reading it.