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Breq, a once‑massive warship now reduced to a single–bodied soldier, serves the emperor while remembering the dark deeds of her past. Ordered to protect the family of a lieutenant she once murdered, Breq journeys to Athoek Station with a new ship and a conflicted crew, embarking on a mission that forces her to face both external foes and internal guilt.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Ann Leckie
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