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Peter F. Hamilton, Gareth L. Powell.
Light Chaser.
Tor. 2021

A love that spans the universe can bring down an empire.

Amahle is a Light Chaser: one of a number of explorers who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories.

But when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times and on different worlds. She comes to understand that something terrible is happening to humanity, and only she is in a position to do anything about it.

And it will cost everything to put it right.

Gareth L. Powell.
Stars and Bones.
Titan. 2022

The human race has been cast from a dying Earth to wander the stars in a vast fleet of arks. Ahead of the fleet flies the scout Ship the Furious Ocelot, crewed only by Captain Eryn King and a snarky talking cat. When Eryn’s sister disappears during a routine mission, she insists on being part of the crew sent to look for her. What she discovers on Candidate-623 is both terrifying and deadly. When the threat follows her back to the fleet and people start dying, she is tasked with seeking out a legendary recluse who may just hold the key to humanity’s survival.