Provenance: Booktrack Edition

By: Ann Leckie

Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh

An ambitious young woman has just one chance to secure her future and reclaim her family's priceless lost artifacts in this stand-alone novel set in the world of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Imperial Radch trilogy A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return to her home world to find their planet in political turmoil, at the heart of an escalating interstellar conflict. Together, they must make a new plan to salvage Ingray's future, her family, and her world, before they are lost to her for good. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

Critic reviews

"There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could."—John Scalzi

"More intriguing cultures to explore, more characters to care about, more Leckie to love."—Kirkus

"Character-centered space opera from one of SF's brightest stars."—Library Journal

"A perfect follow-up to the trilogy."—The New York Times

"The trademarks of Leckie'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's capacity to tell compelling, human stories."—RT Book Reviews

"The intricacies and oddities are a delight.... A thrill for fans of heists and capers."—Washington Post

"A careful look at how no one's immune from politics, even if they think themselves outside the fray . . . A story about the necessity of exploring the edges of the known."—NPR

"An entertaining, thoughtful, and clever entry that both Leckie's new and returning readers can delve into and enjoy."—The Los Angeles Review of Books

"[Leckie] raises provocative questions about identity, family and self-esteem. By the end, both neophytes and longtime Leckie fans are likely to be pleased."—The San Francisco Chronicle

"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."—B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog

"Complex and beautiful."—SYFY Wire

"If you don't know the Ancillary series by now, you probably should. Ann Leckie's sociopolitical space opera almost singlehandedly breathed new cool into the stereotype of spaceships trundling through far-off systems amid laser battles. ... [Ancillary Mercy] earns the credit it's received: As a capstone to a series that shook genre expectations, as our closing installment of an immersively realized world, and as the poignant story of a ship that learned to sing."—NPR Books on Ancillary Mercy

"This trilogy will stand as a classic of SF for the ages."—Library Journal on Ancillary Mercy

"Powerful."—The New York Times on Ancillary Sword

"The sort of space opera audiences have been waiting for."—NPR Books on Ancillary Sword

"No science-fiction series as descriptive of our current political and cultural moment or as insistent that we open our eyes to it."—Slate on Ancillary Mercy

"A gripping read, with top-notch world building and a set of rich subtexts about human rights, colonialism -- and (yes) hive mind sex."—io9 on Ancillary Sword

Story and characters was not interesting enough. Main character too easily became emotionally unstable at the slightest chance.

It’s shocking how little resemblance this story and characters are to the Imperial Radch universe! There were so many occasions whereby the characters and their actions were so shallow.

Maybe the author should stick to the style of writing first 3 novels. What was the point?

Background music….

Background music is nice. Would prefer user controlled settings to adjust levels. Music volume should be left to the user.

Love the narration & story Ann Leckie weaves an alluringly fun sci fi story.

Not really a Sci-fi...

First of all, the audio in the background is horribly disruptive and does not match the narrative very well. Listen without it.

The story is very good and thought through, main characters are charismatic and deep, but I'd argue its not really science fiction. I was expecting proper nerdy Sci fi, but this narrative could as easily have been set in ancient Rome or anywhere in time.

I really liked the geck though, as a biologist I appreciate speciation and the geck had some fascinating stuff going on.

Performance per se was OK to good, but it was hard to work out sexes in the voice. This might be improved by lowering the male voices just a tiny bit more.

Overall, good story, good drama, good performance, but not really science fiction.

Stop book track in background!!!!

The background track is m most distracting. the composition is juvenile. I want to return this version. There should be the way for silence.

Music is distracting. Please remove the music!

Good story, writing, and performance. I thoroughly enjoyed the Ancillary trilogy and this seems to pick up right near or after it's end. though in a different location and different characters. The only problem is the constant and random music that detracts from the experience. The music is not produced around situations or character emotion, it is purely random and does not fit with any of the story. At times the music ramps up in random places and gets so prominent that it competes with the dialogue. Please do not add music to audiobooks. It is not needed, especially if it is random in regards to the story. Otherwise, I recommend this book!