Geodesica Ascent (Geodesica #1)

By: Sean Williams and Shane Dix

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Synopsis: The year is 2438. Humanity has migrated to the stars in discrete waves, driven by evolving technologies and new ways of being human. The far-flung Arc Systems struggle under the yoke of their newest rulers—Exarchs from Sol, whose monopoly on faster-than-light communication gives them absolute control of a growing interstellar empire.But humans weren&’t the first to conquer the stars, and the discovery of an alien artifact promising transport between systems threatens to undermine the Exarchs&’ power. Revolutionary leader Melilah Awad seeks an alliance to unlock Geodesica&’s secrets with VOIDship pilot Palmer Eogan, a lover she lost to the Dark more than two centuries earlier. What they find could be more dangerous than anyone--human or more than human--could imagine….