I thought Provenance was a lot weaker than the rest of the Ancillary series. It was still good though. The 2018 Hugo novel field was REALLY good. There wasn't

I thought Provenance was a lot weaker than the rest of the Ancillary series. It was still good though. The 2018 Hugo novel field was REALLY good. There wasn't a klunker in the group. My favorite was Kim Stanley Robinson's "New York 2140" but it was a very hard call.