Philip K. Dick Award Finalist
A "ridiculously fun" series debut "with a well-thought-out space opera
setting and lots of fancy reveals"--from a Hugo Award winner (Charlie
Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky).
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*A ragtag space crew discovers alien technology that could change the
fate of humanity--or awaken an ancient evil that could destroy all life
in the galaxy.
The shady crew of the White Raven run freight and salvage at the
fringes of our solar system. They discover the wreck of a centuries-old
exploration vessel floating light years away from its intended
destination and revive its sole occupant, who wakes with news of First
Alien Contact. When the crew informs her that humanity has alien allies
already, she reveals that these are very different
extra-terrestrials--and the gifts they bestowed on her could kill all
humanity, or take it out to the most distant stars.