The Darwinian Sum

As war threatens to break out between civilizations, two women -- one shipwrecked human, one freelance warrior the sexually-dimorphic Makers -- close in on the kidnapped human consul seemingly at the heart of the crisis... but their troubles are far from over. Across known space, humans and artificial intelligences struggle to put together the pieces of a vast conspiracy before it's too late. And behind the scenes, something else waits and plots -- intelligences older and far more...
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As war threatens to break out between civilizations, two women -- one shipwrecked human, one freelance warrior the sexually-dimorphic Makers -- close in on the kidnapped human consul seemingly at the heart of the crisis... but their troubles are far from over. Across known space, humans and artificial intelligences struggle to put together the pieces of a vast conspiracy before it's too late. And behind the scenes, something else waits and plots -- intelligences older and far more powerful than any human or Maker, brooding in the cold darkness between the stars. When they make their move, two civilizations may fall, and something new will be born -- because the first move in an interstellar war may be just one step toward something far greater.