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Ancillary Sword

Ann Leckie

Published 2014 by Orbit · 400 pages

Hugo · 2015

Finalist

Nebula · 2015

Finalist
Science Fiction

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9 award entries · 5 books · 2 wins · 2014–2024

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Synopsis

Breq, once a vast starship AI now trapped in a single human body, is sent to protect a remote space station as civil war splits the Radch empire. There she confronts the injustices embedded in Radchaai society while trying to keep the peace between occupiers and the people they’ve colonized.

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Space Opera
Class & EconomicsColonialism & Empire

Details

Series
Imperial Radch · Book 2
Author nationality
United States
ISBN
9780316246651