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Translation State

Ann Leckie

Published 2023 by Orbit · 432 pages

Hugo · 2024

Finalist

Nebula · 2024

Finalist
Science Fiction

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

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Synopsis

Three lives converge around questions of identity and belonging: Enae, investigating a centuries-old disappearance; Reet, an adoptee discovering unsettling truths about his origins; and Qven, an alien juvenile facing a terrifying rite of passage. Set in the Imperial Radch universe, their fates become entangled during delicate treaty negotiations between humans and the enigmatic Presger.

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Space Opera
Alien ContactConsciousness & Selfhood

Details

Series
Imperial Radch · Book 4
Author nationality
United States
ISBN
9780316289719