Architects of Memory

A pulse-pounding space opera of redemption and annihilation, where an alien weapon holds the key to the future. 2021 Locus Award for Best First Novel--Finalist SyFY Wire SFF Reads to pick up in September Millions died after the first contact. Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure. When her crew salvages a genocidal weapon