#122 in Science fiction
Ancillary Mercy
- 302
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Our view
“Ancillary Mercy” ends the Imperial Radch trilogy on a smaller stage than it began, and those who accept that scale find the ending satisfying. The interest lies in characters and consequences more than in spectacle. Some who loved the galactic sweep of the first volume are disappointed by the narrower setting, and some find the middle slow. At about three hundred pages, it should be read only after the two earlier books.
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About the book
Ancillary Mercy is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in October 2015. It is the conclusion of Leckie's "Imperial Radch" space opera trilogy, which began with Ancillary Justice (2013), followed by Ancillary Sword (2014). Three other novels, Provenance (2017), Translation State (2023), and Radiant Star (2026), and two short stories, "Night's Slow Poison" and "She Commands Me and I Obey", are set in the same fictional universe.
Reading order · Imperial Radch
Full order & progress →- Ancillary JusticeStart here
8.18.1 / 10 - Ancillary Sword
8.08.0 / 10 - Ancillary MercyThis book
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 577 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 8.2 — the Science fiction average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 40 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 537 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Ancillary Mercy?
It has 302 pages — shorter than 81% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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