Ex Machina
by Christopher L. Bennett | 
The Red King
by Andy Mangels | 
Only Superhuman
by Christopher L. Bennett | 
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke | 
Contact
by Carl Sagan | 
A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge | 
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge | 
Shift
by Hugh Howey | 
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie | 
Solaris
by Stanislaw Lem | 
Breakthrough
by Michael C. Grumley | 
Judas Unchained
by Peter F. Hamilton | 
Forward the Foundation
by Isaac Asimov | 
We Are Legion
by Dennis E. Taylor | 
Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds | 
Dark Space
by Jasper T. Scott | 
The Lost Starship
by Vaughn Heppner | 
Caliban's War
by James S. A. Corey | 
Catalyst
by Michael C. Grumley | 
Seveneves
by Neal Stephenson |
As the "U.S.S. Titan" ventures beyond the outermost reaches of known space, the telepaths in her crew -- including Diplomatic Officer Deanna Troi -- are overwhelmed by an alien cryof distress, leading the ship to the scene of a shocking act of carnage: a civilization of interstellar "whalers" preying upon and exploiting a familiar species of sentient spaceborne giants. Appalled but reluctant to rush to judgment, Captain William Riker and his crew investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning ground in a region of active star formation -- the ecosystem for a bewildering array of diverse but similarly vast life-forms. While attempting to negotiate an end to the victimization of these creatures, Riker's crew inadvertently grants them the means to defeat their hunters' purpose...only to learn that things are not exactly as they seem.