#10 Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear

A member of a small salvage ship is infected with illegal tech and is on the run from the pirates that were harvesting the technology on the derelict ship. Halmey, Connla and the ship AI Singer are on the run from the pirates and trying to report the crime to authorities that will listen to them. The pirates beat them to their port of choice and try to recruit Halmey to their cause to use the tech she has become infected with. The pirates seem to know more about her past history than either her work partner or ship do and that bothers Halmey as well. Lots of good world building abound in this story and the aliens come across as aliens and not just other humans. I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for more.



Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss