Between the grim tale of an AI out for revenge Sword and the slightly more complex tale of managing a colony on the brink of post-colonialism in Justice (ooooh, now I see what she did there) we have the final book in the trilogy, revenge and post-colonialism! Or not.

Breq has the situation in the Athoek system on an even keel, just in time for an ancillary, probably belonging to the ancient ship lurking, trapped, in the Ghost System next door to turn up on the Station. Her relationship with the AIs of Station and her own ship are not as completely amicable as they seem, Seivarden is headed for an emotional breakdown, there's a new Translator from the terrifying alien Presger, wondering where the other Translator went, and a particularly unfriendly fragment of Anaander Mianaai is about to drop by. How exactly is Breq going to resolve things without massive bloodshed?

I've previously compared Leckie to banks and Cherryh, but this didn't feel particularly like either, suggesting perhaps she's found her own distinctive voice. Fast, clever space opera with an unexpected streak of humour. The culture of the Radch and the Ships have become quite familiar by now, and I was sorry to leave them behind.