Already unsure of her assignment, Breq quickly finds her mission to secure the system greatly complicated by long-standing social tensions exacerbated by ineffective and corrupt administrators. On the orders of the “good” Mianaai, Breq has been given the rank of Fleet Captain and reluctantly sent off to the Athoek system in command of a light military ship named the Mercy of Kalr. Note: Throughout this post I am going to refer to various characters as “she.” As I mentioned in my previous review, this is problematic since gender-based identifications are not emphasized in the main character’s society and language, but since she uses female pronouns almost exclusively, so will I.Īncillary Sword picks up about a week following the violence that broke out in Omaugh Palace after Breq forced the local bodies of Lord of the Radch Anaander Mianaai to confront her dueling personalities. This 2014 novel is the follow-up to Ancillary Justice, which took home my award for Favorite Science Fiction Novel last year. Rather than let that situation linger on into the new year, I figured I would prioritize tying up these loose ends before too much more time passed between books. While preparing my 2018 book awards, one thing that stood out to me was that two of my favorite books from last year were the beginnings of a completed series I hadn’t finished yet.
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