![]() ![]() ![]() She meets Dlique, translator for the alien Presger, who is killed in a scuffle with ancillaries of Sword of Atagaris – the other warship on station, commanded by Captain Hetnys, Breq's nominal subordinate. After Breq recognizes Tisarwat as an unwilling ancillary of Anaander, she has her ancillary implants removed, allowing Tisarwat to develop a hybrid personality.Īt Athoek Station, Breq seeks out Basnaaid, the sister of Awn, an officer Breq, as the ship Justice of Toren, once loved and, on Anaander's orders, killed. Breq's crew includes her old comrade Seivarden and the young Lieutenant Tisarwat, who is revealed to be a hastily converted ancillary copy of Anaander herself. ![]() The novel was generally well-received by critics, received the BSFA Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and was nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards.Īnaander Mianaai, the Lord of the Radch – or the part of her personality that opposes the further militant expansion of the empire – adopts Breq into her house, appoints her Fleet Captain, puts her in command of the warship Mercy of Kalr, and charges her to protect the remote Athoek system. It is the second novel in Leckie's "Imperial Radch" space opera trilogy, which began with Ancillary Justice (2013) and ended with Ancillary Mercy (2015). Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2015)Īncillary Sword is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in October 2014. ![]()
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