Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
I started Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie because it was on a list of books that were said to be similar to Star Wars: Andor. The resemblance is interesting. In a space fairing collection of civilizations, the Radch rules as an empire over others. Power is gained by the "illbred" by colonizing land not already controlled by the Radch. At some point, the technology to create ancillaries develops. An ancillary is a human that is under AI control. In this future, slave drivers directly control slaves without freewill creating conflict: an absolutely unrelatable concept that does not strike fear into my heart. The protagonist, Breq, was once an AI that controlled a ship and many ancillaries. Something caused the destruction of her ship and the deaths of all of her ancillaries but the one they inhabit now. Breq is on a quest to kill the person who destroyed her ship, the Lord of the Radch, which doesn't sound at all like Lord of the...