Antinomy
by Spider Robinson | 
Final Blackout
by L. Ron Hubbard | 
Arctic Rising
by Tobias S. Buckell | 
The Merchants' War
by Frederik Pohl | 
Warhorse
by Timothy Zahn | 
Shadowline
by Glen Cook | 
Coyote Horizon
by Allen Steele | 
Bridge of Ashes
by Roger Zelazny | 
The Ring of Charon
by Roger MacBride Allen | 
Starshine
by Theodore Sturgeon | 
The Witling
by Vernor Vinge | 
The Golden Age
by John C. Wright | 
Heart of the Comet
by David Brin | 
Floating Worlds
by Cecelia Holland | 
Helix
by Eric Brown | 
Promised Land
by Brian M. Stableford | 
The Halcyon Drift
by Brian M. Stableford | 
The Fenris Device
by Brian M. Stableford | 
Swan Song
by Brian Stableford | 
Architects of Emortality
by Brian M. Stableford |
In the culture of the galaxy, the Star-Pilots of the starships that link the cosmos together have become the great heroes of the day. Grainger, who has become a legend in his own lifetime, is drafted to fly the prototype (the Hooded Swan) of a new ship that could revolutionize space travel. The members of the ultra-ascetic Church of the Exclusive Reward have colonized a number of marginal worlds to exclude themselves from galactic society. On Rhapsody, church members lead a completely subterranean existence. Even closed societies have their rebels, however, so when a major scientific discovery emerges from the caves of the dark planet, everything there falls apart. If Grainger can secure a share in the coming bonanza, he could buy back his freedom from Titus Charlot. Before he can do that, however, he has to find some way of just staying alive.... Hooded Swan, Book Two.