Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie · first published 2013 · ISBN 9780316246637
Breq is the sole survivor of a starship AI that once controlled multiple bodies. Now in a single body, she pursues revenge against the imperious ruler who destroyed her ship. The narrative is threaded with Breq's recovery of memories from her distributed existence and an exploration of identity, consciousness, and empire from a perspective that was once vast and is now radically constrained.
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Ancillary Justice won the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards in the same year. It represents contemporary SF pushing the boundaries of perspective, identity, and narrative voice. The novel asks fundamental SF questions (what constitutes a self, who counts as human) while delivering genuine political intrigue and emotional stakes.