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ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild
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AdventureMysteryHigh AngstQuest
Tropes
Ancient ArtifactFirst ContactLost CivilizationCorporate RivalrySpace ExplorationHard SFRace Against Time
Themes
Humanity's FutureCorporate GreedScientific DiscoverySurvivalCompetition vs CooperationAncient MysteriesTechnological Ethics
Synopsis
Humans have reached the stars, but there's no evidence any other species survived their own sentience long enough to do the same. Until now . . . The Magellanix deep-space scout Accipiter has discovered the Artifact, a million-year-old alien construct resting in a dormant volcano on a faraway world. And now TransGalactic has sent the Carpathia to steal it. Two ships, two rival corporations, and a race only one of them can win. But the stakes are greater than they seem. The Artifact is more than just a technological marvel. It holds the key to humanity's survival and, perhaps, an understanding of our place in the universe at last.
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Hard Science FictionSpace OperaCorporate ThrillerArchaeological SF