Review: She Commands Me and I Obey by Ann Leckie
on Sheila Ash (India), 22/Jul/2018 03:45, 34 days ago
She Commands Me and I ObeybyAnn LeckieMy rating:3 of 5 starsThis story is available online at in two parts at http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/she-commands-me-and-i-obey-part-1-of-2/and http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/she-commands-me-and-i-obey-part-2-of-2 Political shenanigans, behind the scences plotting, scheming, political expediency, power plays enacted via "The Game" something akin to handball/ pelota de maya, played to the death to 'elect' Tetrarch of the four space stations or Precints. Wow betide the niave novice who stumbles upon this seeing only parts of the whole. The character names are beautiful descriptive ones, almost pay homage to Amerindian names, albeit that they are a bit confusing to begin with - my advise is to draw up a who is who list. Then there is the interplay between governance and religion with the opportunistic scheming abbot.ashramblings verdict 3*So much packed in a short story. Leckie leaves enough unsaid that makes you want more - how will the young Aresh make his way and survive in this cut-throat world? why was he hidden to begin with? I read this as my first Ann Leckie to see if I fancied reading herThe Imperial Radch Boxed Trilogy: Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, and Ancillary Mercyseries and the answer is a resounding yes.View all my reviewsashramblings