The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. White writing over a background of some kind of military station. The writing, from top to bottom reads:
“The New York Times Bestselling Series”
“”Assured, Gripping and Stylish”-NPR Books”
“Ancillary Justice”
“Ann Leckie”
All in white. Centre left of the cover there is a gold sticker reading “Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Novel” in black writing. Two aircrafts, one red and one white, can be seen next to it. /end}

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Content Warning:

• Colonisation
• Death
• Gun Violence
• Addiction
• Genocide
• Drug Abuse
• War
• Slavery
• Violence, Gore, Murder
• Xenophobia, Religious Bigotry
• Injury

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Summary:

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.

Once, she was the Justice of Toren – a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy.

Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.

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Notes:

For more content warnings see here.

This book has a lot of awards, including a Hugo Award, a Nebula Award, and a Locus Award.

This is the first book in the Imperial Radch trilogy.

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Archivist Comments:

It was so hard to find content warnings for this book. But luckily for you, I’ve succeeded! /t

I’ve seen some people comparing Leckie’s work to that of Ursula K. Le Guin, but I’ve also seen a lot of people arguing against that. Do with that information what you will.

I’ve tagged this genderqueer because I’m not entirely sure what section it would fall into, but I know there are discussions about gender in the book, and a focus on the use of pronouns.

There are also discussions of other social issues such as race, class, politics and expansion.

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