Yay, Ann Leckie is back.
Though a much smaller scale than the Imperial Ranch trilogy, Leckie's take on science fiction remains a joy to read and her ability to talk about big problems in small ways remains top-notch.
This book is about a lot of things; it's definitely a space adventure and a story of sci-fi tech and aliens. And it's also a story about how we create history and imbue meaning into objects and how things shape identity.
Leckie's books are preoccupied with questions of identity--who are we and how are we who we are?--and Provenance does not disappoint. The book itself is fun and ridiculously difficult to put down and the ending is so satisfying while the questions the book raises all about who we are get to percolate long after the cover is closed.