Ancillary Sword

I read this, the second novel in the trilogy, six months after having read the first. Now I regret letting so much time elapse between the readings. Ann Leckie really shows her stuff. The complex culture, the intricate etiquette, is on on par with Ursula K Le Guin. We certainly got a taste of this in Justice; In Sword it is exquisitely detailed. This is a novel of political intrigue, as good as any in the genre. Leckie will surely be recognized as a master.