![]() ![]() Once arriving through the Gate, they are faced with the puzzle of an ancillary Sword running from them toward a permanent Ghost Gate, though they hailed as friends. It also gives the reader more insight into the process of making ancillaries and the utter callousness towards human life. The problem and solution, when it becomes apparent, is both clever, evil and harsh. Breq is very tightly wound, tense and angry with the crew, and neither they nor the reader has any idea why. In the first one, the ship is preparing to gate to Athoek Station. However, here Breq ends up involved in a series of puzzles that kept me intrigued. I actually I found it to have more internal tension than the first book, which was almost non-existent in the parallel timeline. The tea part was true the pacing, not as much. ![]() There is simply no way I’m going to remember either what went on or my reactions. Be warned that everything from here on out is spoilery in one form or another. ![]() I had been warned that the pace of the second book was oh-so-very-slow and contained gallons of tea. In a move perhaps unsurprising to no one, I continue to swim against public current on Leckie’s Ancillary series. ![]()
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