In the 25th century, only the Shoal possess the secret of faster-than-light travel (FTL), giving them absolute control over all trade and exploration throughout the galaxy. Mankind has operated within their influence for two centuries, establishing a dozen human colony worlds scattered along Shoal trade routes. Dakota Merrick, while serving as a military pilot, has witnessed atrocities for which this alien race is responsible. Now piloting a civilian cargo ship, she is currently ferrying an exploration team to a star ...
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In the 25th century, only the Shoal possess the secret of faster-than-light travel (FTL), giving them absolute control over all trade and exploration throughout the galaxy. Mankind has operated within their influence for two centuries, establishing a dozen human colony worlds scattered along Shoal trade routes. Dakota Merrick, while serving as a military pilot, has witnessed atrocities for which this alien race is responsible. Now piloting a civilian cargo ship, she is currently ferrying an exploration team to a star system containing a derelict starship. From its wreckage, her passengers hope to salvage a functioning FTL drive of mysteriously non-Shoal origin. But the Shoal are not yet ready to relinquish their monopoly over a technology they acquired through ancient genocide.
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The cast of characters is well chosen to relate the story of Mankind's efforts to get out from under the thumb of an alien monopoly on faster than light technology. Humanity has been offered a small slice of the galaxy for settlement on terms offered by the Shoal, a truly alien marine lifeform which controls all FTL travel in the known universe.
A desperate situation, between conflicting cultures sharing a planet, and a bio-augmented "wirehead" pilot, framed for the destruction of an inhabited asteroid, leads to an attempt to recover a derelict starship in a far and hostile environment. The Shoal, anxious to protect their monopoly on interstellar travel, conspire to prevent human aquisition of the relic ship and the tale it has to tell.
Action moves at a good pace. The setting is expertly presented. The cooperating human factions are splintered, complex, and convincing in their humanity. Some plot twists are telegraphed to the veteran si-fi reader, but don't spoil the impact of the story.
Recommended to the space opera fan who appreciates the depth available in a multi-volume series.
