Ancillary Mercy

, #3

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Paperback, 359 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2015 by Orbit.

ISBN:
978-0-316-24668-2
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OCLC Number:
910622081

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"For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist, and a messenger from the mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai--ruler of an empire at war with itself"--Page 4 of cover.

In the stunning conclusion to the Imperial Radch trilogy, a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist. A messenger from the mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai, ruler of an empire at war with itself. Breq refuses to flee with her ship and crew, because that would leave the people of Athoek in terrible danger. The odds aren't good, but that's never stopped her before.

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reviewed Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)

Relevant, moving, even comical

Each book in this series impressed me more as depth and nuance build in the characters and their world. I find I'm also more forgiving of AI characters that express themselves like humans as I witness the same happening in my world. If there is humor in the training data, why not in the consumers of it?

Subjects

  • Life on other planets
  • Imaginary wars and battles
  • Fiction