Ancillary Sword

Paperback, 356 pages

English language

Published Oct. 7, 2014 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-356-50241-0
OCLC Number:: 879642553
ISFDB ID:: 1766349

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.

6 editions

jay reviewed Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)

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.)

Subjects

Science Fiction
Fiction
Quests (Expeditions)
Revenge
Fiction, science fiction, space opera
Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera
FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure
FICTION / Action & Adventure