![]() ![]() If that seems hard to wrap your head around, well, that’s rather the point: At the heart of Leckie’s series is a profound grappling with the way identity-our very sense of self-is imagined, is regulated, and shifts over time. Breq is One Esk Nineteen, a single segment of Justice of Toren, but she also is the A.I. (The three novels in the trilogy are named after the three classes of ships: Justice, Sword, and Mercy.) The protagonist of the series calls herself Breq she was once an ancillary and is the sole survivor of the destruction of the Radchaai ship Justice of Toren. The enormous spaceships Radchaai use to annex and regulate planets are installed with artificial intelligences these A.I.s control “ancillaries,” people from conquered planets who are implanted with technology that wipes out their identities and renders them human appendages of their ships. ![]() ![]() If you liked the Ancillary Trilogy, check out The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. In the far-future space of Leckie’s trilogy, the Radchaai Empire has controlled a vast portion of the galaxy for thousands of years through the annexation of human-occupied planets. Ancillary Justice is a book that does so many things right Compelling plot, characters that feel like real people, and dialogue that is full of subtext - plus a very unique take on AI and a complex galactic empire that is incredibly fun to explore. ![]()
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