The plot switches between two strands: Breq's "present-day" quest for justice for the Justice of Toren 's destruction and flashbacks from 19 years earlier when the Justice of Toren was in orbit around the planet of Shis'urna, which was being formally brought into the Radchaai empire. The two are on an ice planet, and Seivarden is in precarious condition. The narrative begins nearly twenty years after the disappearance of a Radch starship, the Justice of Toren, when the sole surviving ancillary (and a fragment of the Justice of Toren 's consciousness), Breq, encounters an officer, Seivarden, who had been a lieutenant on the Justice of Toren 1,000 years earlier. The Radchaai do not distinguish people by gender, which Leckie conveys by using " she" pronouns for everybody, and by having the Radchaai main character guess, frequently incorrectly, when she has to use languages with gender-specific pronouns. The empire uses space ships controlled by AIs, who control human bodies ("ancillaries") to use as soldiers. Setting and synopsis Īncillary Justice is a space opera set thousands of years in the future, where the principal power in human space is the expansionist Radch empire. Īnother novel, Provenance (2017), and two short stories, "Night's Slow Poison" and "She Commands Me and I Obey", are set in the same fictional universe.
It is the only novel to have won the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Locus Award for Best First Novel. The cover art is by John Harris.Īncillary Justice received critical praise and won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, BSFA Award, Arthur C. The novel follows Breq-who is both the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery and the vessel of that ship's artificial consciousness-as she seeks revenge against the ruler of her civilization. It is Leckie's debut novel and the first in her Imperial Radch space opera trilogy, followed by Ancillary Sword (2014) and Ancillary Mercy (2015). Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel (2016)Īncillary Justice is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in 2013. Kitschies Golden Tentacle for best debut novel (2013)
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