New Releases by Ann Leckie

15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others. Ursula K. Le Guin was a master storyteller and one of the most beloved and respected writers the science fiction and fantasy field has known. An SFWA Grand Master, World Fantasy Award Lifetime Achievement recipient, and Science Fiction Hall of Fame Recipient, she created work that touched hearts, changed minds, and inspired generations. With Revolution in the Heart award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan asked fifteen of the most celebrated writers working in science fiction and fantasy today to create new and urgent works inspired by Le Guin’s work and words. Stories that breathe life into new worlds of their own – venturing beyond Earthsea and the tales of the Hain – and that answer the challenge that Le Guin raised in 2014 when she gave a speech at the National Book Awards: Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom – poets, visionaries – realists of a larger reality. Hard times have, indeed, come and the fifteen writers whose stories make up Revolution in the Heart are all realists offering us unique glimpses of different and larger realities that we need right now. Featuring stories by: Ann Leckie Molly Gloss Kelly Link Charlie Jane Anders Sarah Pinsker Chana Porter Ai Jiang Alaya Dawn Johnson S. Qiouyi Lu E. Lily Yu Vandana Singh Aliya Whiteley Premee Mohamed Darice Little Badger Karen Joy Fowler

Space opera''s sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience, an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. But local politics is complicated, and the Radch have made a final concession: One last man will be allowed to join the mummified bodies in the temporal location to become a “living saint”. But this decision will ripple out to affect every part of the city. Amidst a slowly worsening food shortage, riots, and a communication blackout from the rest of the Radch Empire, a religious savant will entertain visions of his own sainthood, a socialite will discover hir comfortable life upended, and a young man sold into servitude will find unlikely escape.

Créé pour devenir Traducteur presger, Qven fait la fierté des siens. Son existence a toujours eu un objectif précis : il doit apprendre les coutumes humaines pour servir un jour d’intermédiaire entre les dangereux Presgers et les humains. Mais son rêve est tout autre, et son seul espoir est la rébellion. Tandis que Qven lutte pour sa survie, son chemin va croiser celui d’Enae, diplomate en charge d’une mission irréalisable, et de Reet, en quête de ses origines. Réunis lors d’un conclave interespèces, leurs décisions pourraient remettre en cause le traité fragile entre humains et Presgers, et déclencher la plus terrible des guerres.

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its landscape with her groundbreaking ideas and powerful voice. Now, available for the first time comes the complete collection of Leckie''s short fiction, including a brand new novelette, “Lake of Souls.” Journey across the stars of the Imperial Radch universe. Listen to the words of the Old Gods that ruled the Raven Tower. Learn the secrets of the mysterious Lake of Souls. And so much more, in this masterfully wide-ranging and immersive short fiction collection from award-winning author Ann Leckie.

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." —John Scalzi Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The realization that they might want something else isn''t "optimal behavior". It''s the type of behavior that results in elimination. But Qven rebels. And in doing so, their path collides with those of two others. Enae, a reluctant diplomat whose dead grandmaman has left hir an impossible task as an inheritance: hunting down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. And Reet, an adopted mechanic who is increasingly desperate to learn about his genetic roots—or anything that might explain why he operates so differently from those around him. As a Conclave of the various species approaches—and the long-standing treaty between the humans and the Presger is on the line—the decisions of all three will have ripple effects across the stars. Masterfully merging space adventure and mystery, and a poignant exploration about relationships and belonging, Translation State is a triumphant new standalone story set in the celebrated Imperial Radch universe. "Leckie’s humane, emotionally intelligent, and deeply perceptive writing makes this tautly plotted adventure feel fundamentally true while also offering longtime fans a much anticipated glimpse into the Radch’s most mysterious species. Readers will be thrilled." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Another of Leckie’s beautiful mergings of the political, philosophical, and personal." —Kirkus (starred review)

PER SECOLI, Iraden è stata protetta dal Corvo, un dio che domina il territorio dall''alto di una torre nella cittadina portuale di Vastai. La sua volontà emana attraverso il Fittavolo, che con il suo tributo di sangue ne tiene in vita il potere. Sotto lo sguardo attento del Corvo, Vastai fiorisce, arricchendosi con i dazi che riscuote dalle navi di passaggio per lo stretto del Mare Interno. Ma il Corvo si sta indebolendo. Il Fittavolo è scomparso e al suo posto ora siede un usurpatore, mentre ai confini si stanno radunando truppe straniere che hanno stretto alleanze con nuove divinità. È in questo momento di pericolo che un dio - uno dei leggendari e temutissimi Antichi - vede giungere Eolo, al seguito di Mawat, erede del vero Fittavolo. E comincia a parlare, raccontando una storia che potrebbe aiutare Eolo e Mawat a fare giustizia. Così, mentre assiste il suo signore, Eolo scopre che la Torre del Corvo nasconde un segreto. Nelle sue fondamenta è celata una vicenda oscura che attende solo di essere svelata... e di mettere in moto una catena di eventi che potrebbe distruggere Iraden per sempre.

Depuis des siècles, l’Iradène est protégé par son dieu tutélaire, le Freux. Mais alors qu’un usurpateur s’est emparé du trône, que des envahisseurs soutenus par un dieu hostile se massent aux frontières, le Freux reste désespérément muet. C’est en ces temps troublés qu’Éolo, l’aide de camp de l’héritier légitime du trône, découvre un sombre secret dans les fondations même de la tour du Freux... Un secret qui pourrait bien rayer l’Iradène des cartes pour toujours.

Su un lontanissimo pianeta coperto di ghiaccio, Breq sta per recuperare l''oggetto di cui è in cerca da tempo - un prezioso manufatto costruito dall''inconoscibile e temutissima specie aliena Presger -, quando si imbatte in un corpo semiassiderato nella neve: è Seivarden Vendaai, una persona che Breq credeva morta da mille anni. Perché Breq non è ciò che sembra: diciannove anni, tre mesi e una settimana prima di quel giorno era la Justice of Toren, una gigantesca astronave da trasporto truppe in orbita attorno al pianeta Shis''urna insieme alle sorelle Sword e Mercy. Come tutte le navi dell''impero Radchaai, la Justice è un''intelligenza artificiale che controlla ancelle umane. Ma ora la Justice è stata distrutta e della sua coscienza pensante è rimasto solo un frammento: Breq. Chi l''ha devastata ha portato via tutto ciò che le era più caro; solo due cose le rimangono: un fragile corpo umano nel quale sta imparando a nascondersi e un''inesauribile sete di vendetta. Il suo obiettivo è Anaander Mianaai, Lord del Radch, la creatura semi-immortale che da tremila anni detiene il potere assoluto sull''impero grazie alle sue migliaia di corpi interconnessi. Già considerata un classico del genere, la premiatissima trilogia Ancillary disegna un universo estremamente originale e ricco di particolari spiazzanti, tanto complesso quanto coerente: un sistema nel quale le intelligenze artificiali si appassionano alla musica polifonica e sono ossessionate dal tè, mentre le differenze di genere non hanno senso. Ann Leckie esplora con incredibile immaginazione le sottigliezze psicologiche, i pregiudizi razziali, le passioni politiche e religiose dei suoi personaggi. Ma soprattutto fa ciò che da sempre fa la grande fantascienza: accompagnare il lettore, tra gigantesche battaglie interplanetarie e viaggi spaziali, alla scoperta di nuovi mondi, dove nessuno è mai giunto prima.

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers. Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations. Featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed writers such as Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, Indrapramit Das, Carlos Hernandez, Sarah Gailey, Ann Leckie, John Chu, Urusla Vernon, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, and more, The Mythic Dream is sure to become a new classic.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down from the throne in this masterful first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards. "Absolutely wonderful. . .utterly brilliant." -- The New York Times Book Review For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. His will is enacted through the Raven''s Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. His magic is sustained by the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. And under the Raven''s watch, the city flourishes. But the Raven''s tower holds a secret. Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself. . .and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever. "It''s a delight to read something so different, so wonderful and strange." -- Patrick Rothfuss For more Ann Leckie, check out:Ancillary JusticeAncillary SwordAncillary Mercy Provenance

El esperado desenlace de la trilogía superventas del New York Times: «Espada Auxiliar» El debut más exitoso de los últimos años, galardonado con todos los grandes premios de género: Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Locus y BSFA. Todo parecía estar bajo control para Breq hasta que, en una expedición en los suburbios de la Estación Althoek, encuentra a un auxiliar de nave escondido del Imperio del Radch durante millones de años. Mientras tanto un mensajero del misterioso Imperio Presger aterriza al mismo tiempo que su peor enemigo, Anaander Mianaai. Breq podría coger su nave y huir pero dejaría a la población de Athoek en peligro... Afortunadamente, tiene un plan mejor. Críticas: «Una trilogía llamada a convertirse en un clásico de la ciencia ficción.» Library Journal «Emocionante y conmovedora.» The Guardian «Éxito asegurado, apasionante y con estilo.» NPR Books «Poderosa.» New York Times

An ambitious young woman has just one chance to secure her future and reclaim her family''s priceless lost artifacts in this stand-alone novel set in the world of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Imperial Radch trilogy. Though she knows her brother holds her mother''s favor, Ingrid is determined to at least be considered as heir to the family name. She hatches an audacious plan -- free a thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned, and use them to help steal back a priceless artifact. But Ingray and her charge return to her home to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray''s future and her world, before they are lost to her for good.

This special boxed set contains all three novels in NYT bestselling author Ann Leckie''s Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning space opera trilogy about a ship''s AI who becomes trapped in a human body, and her quest for revenge. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Breq is both more than she seems and less than she was. Years ago, she was the Justice of Toren-- a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of corpse soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. An act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with only one fragile human body. And only one purpose-- to revenge herself on Anaander Mianaai, many-bodied, near-immortal Lord of the Radch. Ann Leckie''s Imperial Radch trilogy has become one of the new classics of science fiction. Beautifully written and forward thinking, it does what good science fiction does best, taking readers to bold new worlds with plenty explosions along the way. For more from Ann Leckie, check out:ProvenanceThe Raven Tower

La secuela de Justicia auxiliar es el debut más exitoso de los últimos años y ganador de los premios Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Locus y BSFA. Breq es una soldado que tiempo atrás había sido una nave militar, un arma de conquista que controlaba miles de mentes. Pero ahora dispone de un único cuerpo y sirve a la soberana a la que había jurado eliminar. Con una nueva nave y una tripulación problemática, a Breq se la destina al único lugar en la galaxia al que accedería a ir: la estación Athoek, donde deberá proteger a la familia de una teniente a la que conoció en el pasado y a la que mató a sangre fría. Reseñas: «Una novela poderosa.» New York Times «Emocionante y conmovedora.» The Guardian «Éxito asegurado, apasionante y con estilo.» NPR Books Reseñas: «Una novela poderosa.» New York Times «Emocionante y conmovedora.» The Guardian «Éxito asegurado, apasionante y con estilo.» NPR Books

Rien ne peut arrêter l''expansion de l''empire radchaaï. Chaque connexion fournit des armées supplémentaires, les ancillaires, des captifs à la conscience détruite changés en troupes de choc, des marionnettes animées par l''intelligence artificielle des vaisseaux de guerre de l''empire. L''un de ces vaisseaux, le Justice de Toren, a été détruit, victime d''un complot au plus haut niveau du pouvoir. Mais son IA est parvenue à s''échapper et à s''incarner dans le seul ancillaire rescapé du massacre. Dix-neuf ans plus tard, sa vengeance est sur le point de s''accomplir...

The January/February 2017 issue of the Hugo Award winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Sam J. Miller, A. Merc Rustad, Cassandra Khaw, Maria Dahvana Headley, Theodora Goss, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, reprinted fiction by Ann Leckie, essays by Mark Oshiro, Natalie Luhrs, Delilah S. Dawson, and Angel Cruz, poetry by Carlos Hernandez, Nin Harris, and Nicasio Andres Reed, interviews with A. Merc Rustad and Maria Dahvana Headley by Julia Rios, a cover by John Picacio, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer nomination list that WSFS publishes after the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon. The Long List Anthology Volume 2 collects 18 fiction stories from that nomination list, along with 2 essays from the book Letters to Tiptree that was also on the nomination list, totaling over 500 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. Within these pages you will find a mix of science fiction and fantasy and horror, the dramatic and the lighthearted, from android caretakers to Lovecraftian romances, from adventures to quests and more. There is a wide variety of styles and types of stories here, and something for everyone. The stories included are: "Damage" by David D. Levine "Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar "Today I Am Paul" by Martin L. Shoemaker "The Women You Didn''t See" by Nicola Griffith (a letter from Letters to Tiptree) "Tuesdays With Molakesh the Destroyer" by Megan Grey "Wooden Feathers" by Ursula Vernon "Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard "Madeleine" by Amal El-Mohtar "Neat Things" by Seanan McGuire (a letter from Letters To Tiptree) "Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong "So Much Cooking" by Naomi Kritzer "The Deepwater Bride" by Tamsyn Muir "The Heart''s Filthy Lesson" by Elizabeth Bear "Grandmother-nai-Leylit''s Cloth of Winds" by Rose Lemberg "Another Word For World" by Ann Leckie "The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild" by Catherynne M. Valente "Our Lady of the Open Road" by Sarah Pinsker "The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn" by Usman T. Malik "The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" by Kai Ashante Wilson

Het Zwaard van de Radch van internationaal bestsellerauteur Ann Leckie is het vervolg op Het Recht van de Radch, het enige boek dat ooit de vijf grootste fantasy- en sciencefictionprijzen (waaronder de Hugo en Nebula Award) won. Dit is het tweede boek in de Radch-serie. Breq is een soldaat, maar ze was ooit een oorlogsschip. Een wapen dat werelden veroverde en duizenden gedachten kon aansturen. Maar nu heeft ze nog maar één lichaam en dient ze de keizer. Met een nieuw schip en een lastige crew trekt Breq eropuit naar de enige plek in het universum waarmee ze akkoord wilde gaan, Station Athoek, om de familie te beschermen van een luitenant die ze ooit kende – een luitenant die ze in koelen bloede heeft vermoord. ''Indrukwekkend.'' The New York Times ''De romans van de Amerikaanse sciencefictionschrijfster Leckie behoren tot het beste in hun soort.'' NRC

Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 10th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy from 2015. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass. Featuring Paolo Bacigalupi • Elizabeth Bear • Greg Bear • Jeffrey Ford • Neil Gaiman • Nalo Hopkinson • Nisi Shawl • Simon Ings • Gwyneth Jones • Caitlin R. Kiernan • Anne Leckie • Kelly Link • Usman T. Malik • Ian McDonald • Vonda McIntrye • Sam J. Miller • Tamsyn Muir • Robert Reed • Alastair Reynolds • Kim Stanley Robinson • Kelly Robson • Geoff Ryman • Nike Sulway • Catherynne Valente • Genevieve Valentine • Kai Ashante Wilson • Alyssa Wong

Breq, la soldat qui fut jadis un vaisseau spatial, set à présent celle qu''elle avait juré de détruire, la Maître de l''empire radchaaï. Cette dernière a placé un navire et un équipage sous ses ordres, et lui a confié la seule mission qu''elle pouvait accepter: protéger, sur la station Athoek, la famille de la lieutenant Awn, celle-là même que Breq a froidement assassinée vingt ans plus tôt. La tâche va rapidement se révéler plus compliquée que prévu: intrigues politiques, tensions sociales, violences de toutes sortes... La situation sur Athoek est explosive. Et la présence d''une traître dans les rangs radchaaïs fausse encore un peu plus la donne.

Breq and her crew must stand against an old and powerful enemy and fight for their own destinies in the stunning conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James S. A. Corey. For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then a search of Athoek Station''s slums turns up someone who shouldn''t exist, and a messenger from the mysterious Presger empire arrives, as does Breq''s enemy, the divided and quite possibly insane Anaander Mianaai -- ruler of an empire at war with itself. Breq refuses to flee with her ship and crew, because that would leave the people of Athoek in terrible danger. The odds aren''t good, but that''s never stopped her before. "There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could." -- John Scalzi

Rien ne peut arrêter l''expansion de l''empire radchaaï. Chaque annexion fournit des armées supplémentaires, les ancillaires, des captifs à la conscience détruite changés en troupes de choc, des marionnettes animées par l''intelligence artificielle des vaisseaux de guerre de l''empire. L''un de ces vaisseaux, le Justice de Toren, a été détruit, victime d''un complot au plus haut niveau du pouvoir. Mais son IA est parvenue à s''échapper et à s''incarner dans le seul ancillaire rescapé du massacre. Dix-neuf ans plus tard, sa vengeance est sur le point de s''accomplir...

Die Fenster zur Seele Die ferne Zukunft: Auf dem Flug durch den geheimnisvollen Kriechraum zum Planeten Ghem erregt ein Passagier die Aufmerksamkeit des Wächters Inarakhat. Er konfrontiert den Wächter unvermittelt mit dessen schmerzhafter Vergangenheit, und was ein Routineflug hätte werden sollen, wird immer mehr zu einem klaustrophobischen Alptraum ... Die Erzählung „Das Gift der Nacht“ spielt im selben Universum wie Ann Leckies preisgekrönter Bestseller-Roman „Die Maschinen“. Das E-Only erscheint exklusiv bei Heyne und umfasst ca. 30 Seiten.