Ancillary Mercy - BookWyrm

eBook

English language

Published Oct. 11, 2015 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-24667-5

(1 review)

For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Atheok 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.

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.

5 editions

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

Ancillary Joy

5 stars

This book leans away from the beautiful melancholy of the first in the series, with a more optimistic (occasionally hilarious) tone. I loved every moment Sphene and Zeiat spent together. The ending surprised me just as much as it surprised the characters, but I suppose it had been brewing underneath my notice. There was a Chekhov's gun obligation that I'm not sure was entirely discharge, but I'm still definitely prepared to rate the book five stars for the enjoyment I got reading it.