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Violence
Some
Some violence; alien body horror in the Presger storyline; nothing gratuitous
Language
Barely any
Mild language; diplomatic and character-driven prose
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content; relationship dynamics between characters
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The philosophical questions of identity and transformation; what makes someone human or person
What this book is about
Ann Leckie's Hugo Award-winning standalone novel follows three characters whose lives converge on an alien treaty negotiation: a young man searching for a missing relative, a treaty negotiator with a complicated past, and a being of the alien Presger undergoing a transformation it doesn't fully understand. Leckie's trademark wit and political precision are in full evidence.
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