Paperback, 330 pages
English language
Published Dec. 26, 2015 by Orbit.
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.
So I can't give this six or seven stars? Oh well...
This is the best book I've read this year, and I feel like I've read some really good ones.
Not only did she stick the landing, but this may be the best of the series.
You know when you're not quite sure if a book was really good, or if you just really liked it? I think I liked this book more than it was good, but I really liked it.
This finishes up Leckie's trilogy, in an oh-so-satisfying way. A new direction! More amazing ideas! Derring-do! All the feels!
