From the back cover: The secrets of the past will fan the flames of war. For a hundred and fifty thousand years the alien Shoal have been hiding a terrible secret behind a facade of power. In the twenty-fifth century, the Shoal dominate the galaxy and control all trade and exploration, they alone possessing the secret of faster-than-light travel. So mankind has established just a handful of interstellar colonies, their freedom and knowledge of the galaxy limited by the Shoal's punitive restrictions. Dakota Merrick is a machine-head pilot, on the run from one of the human Consortium's most powerful criminals. Desperate for escape, she contracts to ferry an expert team to a remote star system. Her passengers hope to scavenge a functioning FTL-drive from a derelict starship - rumoured to pre-date the Shoal. But they'll expose an ancient genocide the Shoal will do anything to hide. And Dakota will be forced to face demons from her own past.

My spouse was emptying the bookshelf of the books he has already read and I, of course, registered them. This was one of them.

The book is on its way to the next reader. Happy reading!

Thanks a lot Soozreader for this scifi package with three books, two frogs, one travelling bag and postcard from Budapest! :)