Ancillary Mercy
by Ann Leckie
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appears in Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science.
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq. Then a search of Athoek Station's slums turns up someone who shouldn't exist_x0097_someone who might be a refugee from a ship that's been hiding beyond the empire's reach for three thousand years. In the meantime a messenger from the alien and mysterious Presger empire arri...
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