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  Praise for Ancillary Sword

  “Powerful.”

  —The New York Times

  “Fans of space operas will feast on its richly textured, gorgeously rendered world-building.”

  —Entertainment Weekly

  “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

  “The sort of space opera audiences have been waiting for.”

  —NPR Books

  “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)

  “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

  “A gripping read, with top-notch world building and a set of rich subtexts about human rights, colonialism—and (yes) hive mind sex.”

  —io9

  “Superb… Sword proves that [Leckie]’s not a one-hit wonder. I look forward to the rest of Breq’s tale.”

  —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  “An ambitious space opera that proves that Justice was no fluke…. A book every serious reader of science fiction should pick up.”

  —RT Book Reviews

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  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Acknowledgments

  Extras

  Meet the Author

  A Preview of Aurora

  A Preview of The Lazarus War: Artefact

  By Ann Leckie

  Praise for the ARTHUR C. CLARKE, NEBULA, BSFA, and HUGO award-winning Ancillary Justice

  Orbit Newsletter

  Copyright

  Copyright

  The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

  Copyright © 2015 by Ann Leckie

  Excerpt from Aurora copyright © 2015 by Kim Stanley Robinson

  Excerpt from The Lazarus War: Artefact copyright © 2015 by Jamie Sawyer

  Cover design by Kirk Benshoff

  Cover illustration by John Harris

  Cover copyright © 2015 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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  ISBN 978-0-316-24667-5

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