This novel is set in the universe of the Imperial Radch of Leckie's award-winning Ancillary novels.
This novel happens simultaneously with the Radch civil war covered in other of Leckie's novels.
This story occurs on a planet Aaa that has no sun. They have 1 city underground, on a world with oceans (heated by the planet's radioactivity?)
Their religion worships the sun that used to live in the middle of the city, but disappeared? But still watches over them? With, of course, 3 sects all of whom consider the other sects heretics.
Leckie mentions the 7 genders of Radchaai civilization. The top gender, which takes most of the leadership positions, is of course females (she/her).
The story is compelling, with maybe 6 or so major characters who are followed. My fav character is prolly the AI of the ship Justice of Albis, whose peripheral bodies (Ancillaries) are used to police the city.
With maybe 3 chapters to go, I started to fear that this would be a "to be continued" ending. But, no, it all wraps up nicely! Phew!
A nice length, not at all too long. Definitely worth a read.
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