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This was engrossing. The setting - aboard a generation ship - is a well-worn trope in sci-fi, as is the conceit of having severe inequality on the ship, with the protagonist as a revolutionary. What made this story stand out: the protagonist's sardonic observations about becoming a mass murderer on the path to revolution, her symbiotic link with several non-human intelligences whose provenance is unknown, the throughline of a database of old earth music and movies giving all characters a reference point, and the confusion about whether aliens, humans, modified humans, or all three, constitute the main bulk of the ship's population.

I hope there's a sequel.

First there were two generation ships. Then somebody blew up Titania, leaving Olympia to continue the journey alone.

Oichi survived by accident - she couldn't get her preferred job a a scientist on Titania due to class-based discrimination, so she emigrated to Olympia. Fortunately she has implants given to her by her father before he died. She thinks they just provide her access to her father's immense music library, but they do so much more, including opening her up to communication with mysterious non-human intelligences. Then again, is she even human...?

A compelling space adventure with distinct noir mystery tones.

Auch wenn die Verbrecher in diesen Büchern nie ihre gerechte gesetzliche Strafe bekommen, kommen sie doch selten ungestraft auf der Sache raus. Sollte uns das genug sein? Für mich ist das irgendwie das zentrale Thema dieser Bücher, worüber ich jedesmal wieder nachdenke. Zu einem Schluss bin ich noch nicht gekommen.