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# Provenance Hardcover – September 26, 2017

**Brand:** ann leckie
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			        		&quot;There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could.&quot;&#x2015;John Scalzi&quot;More intriguing cultures to explore, more characters to care about, more Leckie to love.&quot;&#x2015;Kirkus&quot;Character-centered space opera from one of SF&apos;s brightest stars.&quot;&#x2015;Library Journal p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}  &quot;A perfect follow-up to the trilogy.&quot;&#x2015;The New York Times&quot;The trademarks of Leckie&apos;s talent are on display, with even more worlds for readers to discover and some teasing overlap with her previous series. But what makes this book is watching Ingray overcome her poor self-esteem and discover who she actually wants to be, demonstrating again the genre&apos;s capacity to tell compelling, human stories.&quot;&#x2015;RT Book Reviews p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}  &quot;The intricacies and oddities are a delight.... A thrill for fans of heists and capers.&quot;&#x2015;Washington Post&quot;A careful look at how no one&apos;s immune from politics, even if they think themselves outside the fray . . . A story about the necessity of exploring the edges of the known.&quot;&#x2015;NPR&quot;An entertaining, thoughtful, and clever entry that both Leckie&apos;s new and returning readers can delve into and enjoy.&quot;&#x2015;The Los Angeles Review of Books&quot;[Leckie] raises provocative questions about identity, family and self-esteem. By the end, both neophytes and longtime Leckie fans are likely to be pleased.&quot;&#x2015;The San Francisco Chronicle p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}  &quot;The trappings of widescreen sci-fi, and the attention to character, to the small moments, to the inner lives of those living through outsized events . . . Just read it.&quot;&#x2015;B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		Ann Leckie is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, and British Science Fiction Award-winning novel Ancillary Justice, and its Locus Award-winning sequel Ancillary Sword. She has also published short stories in Subterranean Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Realms of Fantasy. Her story &quot;Hesperia and Glory&quot; was reprinted in Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition edited by Rich Horton.Ann has worked as a waitress, a receptionist, a rodman on a land-surveying crew, and a recording engineer. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A step down but still a step above.
            
*by S***T on October 8, 2017*

Ann Leckie's newest book suffers some from the weight of expectation. The Ancillary Trilogy was a tour de force, introducing readers to the incredible interesting character of Breq and the incredibly intricate world of the Radch.Provenance is wonderful in that it not only brings us back to that universe, it gives readers a new perspective on it, outside of the Radch and of many other human and alien groups making their way in a complicated galaxy. It is fun to read about the repercussions of Breq's adventures.The character development and world building talent Leckie exhibited in the Ancillary Trilogy are again on display. However they seem a tad more perfunctory this time around. The characters are a little too predictable and polished. The narrative just a bit too streamlined and deus ex machina'd. It is still a fantastic book - one I could barely put down - but not quite up to the authors own lofty standards. It reads like a very good book by a very talented author who need to write another book.All that said, Provenance is immensely fun. If you liked the world of the Ancillary Trilogy you will love this new addition. It's fast and fun and absolutely worth reading.
  

### ⭐⭐ The Hugo was obviously for a different book.
            
*by M***E on January 11, 2018*

There's an awful lot wrong with this book. It's a story that essentially goes nowhere; the underlying question of whether the female protagonist will inherit her mother's name and position over her sleazebag brother hangs suspended until the end. And the answer is... No prize for guessing.The foreground action consists of speculations as to what might be going on, instead of things actually going on. There is little sense of location with long rather silly conversations taking place in generic voids such as 'her bedroom', a 'small galley on a spaceship', or the 'waiting room of an immigration office'The climax is undercut, partly becauses none of the participants is prepared to do anything for fear of violating 'the treaty' which stands as an obstacle to anything happening. Meanwhile, a far more interesting premise - the intention of the Raadch AI to form their own independent nation - goes completely to waste! Someone should write that book instead.It's also a bit of a grind to read, the writing is somewhat clunky and frequently indecipherable; eg while two ambassadors have a conversation the author refers to 'the ambassador'. I had problems working out who and where people were, exascerbated by the sheer number of non-crucial characters with unpronouncable names, none of whom do much to impel the storyline. Award for the most surreal moment: the heroine and her adoptive siste have a thing for each other and hope one day to.. you know.. marry or something. Fair enough. But then, somewhat unexpectedly, the two principal male characters both randomly come out of the closet. Together. It's most peculiar. As though Batman and Commisioner Gorden had spontaneously decided to become an item. If there's an important gender message in there it's lost on me.I liked Ancilliary Justice enough to give it 5 stars. Which just makes this all the more disappointing.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I liked Ingray from the start
            
*by S***T on September 27, 2017*

It would be helpful to reread the Raadch books, although not strictly necessary because Provenance is its own thing set perhaps a short time after Ancillary Mercy ended. I liked Ingray from the start; for one thing, she is noticeably more "human" than Breq of the Raadch books. While I admired Breq, she was also very austere, very stern. Ingray is much more fallible and vulnerable. She is certainly a misfit and the new misfit friendships she makes are entertaining.This book is very heavy on human politics, and a bit of alien politics as well. You might get a little lost if you don't pay attention, but I found it all very interesting. On the other hand, the book is also about Ingray's relationship with her family and I found that downright fascinating. Her family is very complex, all the individuals conniving about with various shades of likable, enigmatic, and douche.By far the most amusing thing is the aliens. The Geck are always very surprising and relentless. I also kept wondering about this future Conclave they kept talking about; it was also mentioned in Ancillary Mercy and I really, really want to see more books in this universe.
  

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