Ancillary Mercy

Name: Ancillary Mercy
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Ann Leckie
ISBN: 9781478960140

Author: Ann Leckie

Series: Imperial Radch #3

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/06/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Breq and her crew must stand against an old and powerful enemy and fight for their own destinies in the stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey.

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

"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi

About Ann Leckie

The record-breaking winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and British Science Fiction Association Awards for her debut novel, Ann Leckie lives in St Louis, Missouri, with her husband, children and cats. You can find her website at www.annleckie.com or chat to her on Twitter at @Ann_Leckie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on April 27, 2016

I have to say this book puts the previous one in an entirely new and better light. I was left with Ancillary Sword being somehow a lot *less* than Ancillary Justice, but that's only because I had missed it's true purpose and eventual outcome, which, thankfully, became extremely pleasant in this thir......more

Goodreads review by TheBookSmugglers on October 16, 2015

I am dumfounded by how good Ancillary Mercy is, how perfectly it fits within the wider context of the series and how well it works as a trilogy-ender. I don’t know why I expected anything different given how much I loved, admired, and adored the first two books in the trilogy. But here we are and I......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on December 20, 2019

August 2019: I, for one, welcome our new A.I. overlords if they are as awesome as Breq. October 2015: Oh, man. This series. This book!!!! WHAT. Ancillary Mercy is probably my favorite of the series so far. The first book might overtake it on re-read, just because I'm a sucker for finely structured s......more

Goodreads review by Althea on January 16, 2016

Well, it looks like I'm in the minority here with my 3-star review. I guess that's going to take some justifying, but I truly feel that this is objectively not as good a book as the first two in the series. Let me first say that I absolutely loved 'Ancillary Justice.' ( [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on December 30, 2020

This series was solid the entire way through. If you enjoy scifi stories with political machinations, discussions of AI and what makes a person, with a focus on smaller interactions and relationships, this is for you. It is slow at times, but the way it is woven together is truly an achievement.......more

Quotes

"If you don't know the Ancillary series by now, you probably should. Ann Leckie's sociopolitical space opera almost singlehandedly breathed new cool into the stereotype of spaceships trundling through far-off systems amid laser battles. ... [Ancillary Mercy] earns the credit it's received: As a capstone to a series that shook genre expectations, as our closing installment of an immersively realized world, and as the poignant story of a ship that learned to sing."—NPR Books

"This trilogy will stand as a classic of sf for the ages."—Library Journal

"No science-fiction series as descriptive of our current political and cultural moment or as insistent that we open our eyes to it."— Slate

"A magnificent capstone to this promising trilogy."—RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars)

"Powerful."—The New York Times on Ancillary Sword

"The sort of space opera audiences have been waiting for."—NPR Books on Ancillary Sword

"Fans of space operas will feast on its richly textured, gorgeously rendered world-building."—Entertainment Weekly on Ancillary Sword

"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 on Ancillary Sword

"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 on Ancillary Sword

"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) on Ancillary Sword

Awards

Locus Award