Ancillary Sword is the sequel to Ancillary Justice,the debut which is the only novel to ever win the Hugo,the Nebula and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds,now she only has a single body and serves the emperor she swore to destroy.Given a new ship and a troublesome crew,Breq is ordered to the only place in the galaxy she will agree to go: to Athoek station,to protect the family of a lieutenant she once knew - a lieutenant she murdered in cold blood.The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice,continues in Ancillary Sword and concludes with Ancillary Mercy. Also available now: Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice. NPR calls it'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world'.Praise for the trilogy:'ENGAGING AND PROVOCATIVE'SFX Magazine'UNEXPECTED,COMPELLING AND VERY COOL'John Scalzi'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED'Independent on Sunday'MIND-BLOWING'io9.com'THRILLING,MOVING AND AWE-INSPIRING'Guardian'UTTER PERFECTION'The Book Smugglers'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED AND GRACEFUL'Strange Horizons'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS'Elizabeth Bear
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9780356502410Number of pages: 384Weight: 276 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
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Leckie proves she's no mere flash in the pan with this follow-up to her multiple-award-winning debut space opera,Ancillary JusticeLeckie proves she's no mere flash in the pan with this follow-up to her multiple-award-winning debut space opera,Ancillary JusticeSo good,and so unexpected - at once a first-rate space opera and the best science fictional exploration of gender since The Left Hand of Darkness.So good,and so unexpected - at once a first-rate space opera and the best science fictional exploration of gender since The Left Hand of Darkness.
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