Ancillary Mercy

, #3

Paperback, 330 pages

Langue : English

Publié 26 décembre 2015 par Orbit.

ISBN :
978-0-356-50242-7
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For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.

Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist — someone who might be a refugee from a ship that's been hiding beyond the empire's reach for three thousand years.

In the meantime a messenger from the alien and mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq's enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai —ruler of an empire that's at war with itself.

Anaander is heavily armed and extremely unhappy with Breq. She could take her ship and crew and flee, but that would leave everyone at Athoek in terrible danger.

Breq has a desperate plan. The odds aren't good, but that's never stopped her before.

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a publié une critique de Ancillary Mercy par Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ancillary Mercy

This final book in the Breq trilogy is so satisfying. We get action and infiltration, we get multiple emotional tangles from Seivarden and Breq, we get station politics and the protest line, and we get plenty of thematic discussion around self-determination.

The Translator Zeiat and Sphene comedy routine in this book is also so good, even if it feels tonally out of place at times. (I also think Zeiat and Dlique work better on a reread where Translation State has provided some more context about the Translators and it feels less wacky.)

In the end it’s only ever been one step, and then the next.

I think this trilogy could be unsatisfying to some, in that nothing gets fixed or is truly resolved. To me, it feels like a satisfying model for incremental change, starting with making things better for the people and spaces around you.

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Sujets

  • Science fiction
  • Space fiction
  • Military
  • Politics
  • Intergalactic war
  • Cloning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • LGBT+
  • Tea