Ancillary Justice
THE HUGO, NEBULA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD WINNER
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4.2 • 141 Ratings
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Publisher Description
This special 10th anniversary edition of the record-breaking masterpiece that won the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge. This edition will feature a striking new cover, illustrated endpapers, deckled edges, foil on the book casing, a reversible jacket and a new introduction from the author.
Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year.
They made me kill thousands, but I only have one target now.
The Radch are conquerors to be feared - resist and they'll turn you into a 'corpse soldier' - one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship's AI mind. Whole planets are conquered by their own people.
The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed - but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation. Used to controlling thousands of hands, thousands of mouths, The Justice now has only two hands, and one mouth with which to tell her tale.
But one fragile, human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her.
'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, 10/10'
The Book Smugglers
'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED AND GRACEFUL'
Strange Horizons
'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS'
Elizabeth Bear
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'.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An ill-fated encounter has forced Breq, the AI commanding the Radchaai troop carrier Justice of Toren, to take up residence in a single commandeered human body, impressive but mortal and no more powerful than any other person. Now this sorry wanderer searches the galaxy for a legendary weapon that may be able to do the impossible: grant Breq revenge on Anaander Mianaai, the many-bodied, immortal ruler of the brutal Radch. A double-threaded narrative proves seductive, drawing the reader into the na ve but determined protagonist's efforts to transform an unjust universe. Leckie uses familiar set pieces an expansionist galaxy-spanning empire, a protagonist on a single-minded quest for justice to transcend space-opera conventions in innovative ways. This impressive debut succeeds in making Breq a protagonist readers will invest in, and establishes Leckie as a talent to watch closely.
Customer Reviews
Engaging, complex and exciting
A really good read and definitely looking forward to the sequel.
Disappointed big time
I really honestly don't get what's the rave about this book. It's so boring. Very disappointing. And the gender issue is just confusing, irritating and forced, it's cheap. It would have been a lot more effective just to write a good book. Most free books are better, I want my money and my time back! Such a waste.
Well written but.....
I'm not sure if this is simply a 'not for me' book or whether there is something more to it. I read the first 4 chapters and simply found that I wasn't enjoying it, which was disappointing given the plaudits that the book has received by other readers and the press. I think in the end that it simply didn't grip me so I returned it.