—Staffer’s Book Review
Praise for Ancillary Sword
“Powerful.”
—The New York Times
“Fans of space operas will feast on its richly textured, gorgeously rendered world-building.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Leckie proves she’s no mere flash in the pan with this follow-up to her multiple-award-winning debut space opera, Ancillary Justice.”
—Kirkus
“The sort of space opera audiences have been waiting for.”
—NPR Books
“This follow-up builds on the world and characters that the author introduced in the first book and takes the story in new directions. There is much more to explore in Leckie’s universe, one of the most original in SF today.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“Breq’s struggle for meaningful justice in a society designed to favor the strong is as engaging as ever. Readers new to the author will be enthralled, and those familiar with the first book will find that the faith it inspired has not been misplaced.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A gripping read, with top-notch world building and a set of rich subtexts about human rights, colonialism—and (yes) hive mind sex.”
—io9
“Superb… Sword proves that [Leckie]’s not a one-hit wonder. I look forward to the rest of Breq’s tale.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“An ambitious space opera that proves that Justice was no fluke…. A book every serious reader of science fiction should pick up.”
—RT Book Reviews
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Acknowledgments
Extras
Meet the Author
A Preview of Aurora
A Preview of The Lazarus War: Artefact
By Ann Leckie
Praise for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, NEBULA, BSFA, and HUGO award-winning Ancillary Justice
Orbit Newsletter
Copyright
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2015 by Ann Leckie
Excerpt from Aurora copyright © 2015 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Excerpt from The Lazarus War: Artefact copyright © 2015 by Jamie Sawyer
Cover design by Kirk Benshoff
Cover illustration by John Harris
Cover copyright © 2015 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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