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Lake of souls

Emma — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its landscape with her groundbreaking ideas and powerful voice. Now, available for the first time comes the complete collection of Leckie’s short fiction, including a brand new novelette, Lake of Souls.

Journey across the stars of the Imperial Radch universe.
Listen to the words of the Old Gods that ruled The Raven Tower.
Learn the secrets of the mysterious Lake of Souls.
And so much more, in this masterfully wide-ranging and immersive short fiction collection from award-winning author Ann Leckie.

Contents:

The Lake of Souls

Stories from the world of the Imperial Radch
Night’s Slow Poison
She Commands Me and I Obey
The Creation and Destruction of the World

Stories from the world of The Raven Tower
The God of Au
The Nalendar
The Snake’s Wife
Marsh Gods
The Unknown God
Beloved of the Sun
Saving Bacon

Sci-Fi
Footprints
Hesperia and Glory
The Endangered Camp
Another Word for World
The Justified

Fantasy
Bury the Dead
The Sad History of the Tearless Onion

Provenance

Emma — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA (BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION) AWARD 2018

‘Excellent’ Book Smugglers

‘A fitting addition to the Ancillary world’ NPR

‘Gripping . . . richly detailed and rewarding’ SciFiNow

‘Thrilling, out-of-this world stuff’ Stylist

Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with a thrilling new story of power, theft, privilege and birthright.

A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artefacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned.

Ingray and her charge will return to their home world to find their planet in political turmoil at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray’s future, her family and her world, before they are lost to her for good.

Ancillary Justice

Emma — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014, Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for revenge.
Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke, the Nebula and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year.

They made me kill thousands, but I only have one target now.

The Radch are conquerors to be feared – resist and they’ll turn you into a ‘corpse soldier’ – one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship’s AI mind. Whole planets are conquered by their own people.
The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed – but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation. Used to controlling thousands of hands, thousands of mouths, The Justice now has only two hands, and one mouth with which to tell her tale.
But one fragile, human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her.

‘ENGAGING AND PROVOCATIVE’
SFX Magazine

‘UNEXPECTED, COMPELLING AND VERY COOL’
John Scalzi

‘HIGHLY RECOMMENDED’
Independent on Sunday

‘MIND-BLOWING’
io9.com

‘THRILLING, MOVING AND AWE-INSPIRING’
Guardian

‘UTTER PERFECTION, 10/10’
The Book Smugglers

‘ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED AND GRACEFUL’
Strange Horizons

‘ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS’
Elizabeth Bear

The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice, continues in Ancillary Sword and concludes with Ancillary Mercy.
Also available now: Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice. NPR calls it ‘A fitting addition to the Ancillary world’.