Ancillary Justice

One of the blurbs on the cover of this book claims that this debut novel "establishes Leckie as an heir to Banks". As much as one can form such a judgement on the basis of one book, I find myself in agreement and that is high praise indeed given that Iain M. Banks was one of my favourite authors. As space opera it is a thrilling and exciting read; as a fiction of ideas it is innovative and surprising; and as an emotional experience the main characters are compelling. Great stuff.