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really disliked Ancillary Justice and hadn't read anything else by Leckie since. This book started out tough, with three points of view alternating every three chapters. It was hard keeping up with who was who and what the point of their existences were. I kept one foot out of the water as I was expecting this supposedly standalone book to require a lot of background from the original trilogy. To my surprise It came together after about a hundred pages or so. And by the end, I actually cared what would happen to the main characters. This book was nominated for the 2023 Nebula and the 2024 Hugo and Locus SF Awards. I dare say that maybe it deserved these noms.

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