Book guide
Ancillary Sword
A former warship trapped in one human body must protect a family tied to a murder in her past while serving the emperor she once vowed to destroy.
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About Ancillary Sword
Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds, now she only has a single body and serves the emperor she swore to destroy. Given a new ship and a troublesome crew, Breq is ordered to the only place in the galaxy she will agree to go: to Athoek station, to protect the family of a lieutenant she once knew - a lieutenant she murdered in cold blood. The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice, continues in Ancillary Sword and concludes with Ancillary Mercy.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Series
Imperial Radch trilogy · Book 2 of 3
Content warnings
- death
- murder
- slavery
- xenophobia
- colonisation
- gun violence
- emotional abuse
- sexual assault
- racism
- police brutality
- trafficking
- classism
- rape
- physical abuse
- suicidal thoughts
- drug use
- medical trauma
- torture
- alcohol
