Hex (The Coyote Universe Book 8)

Set in the Hugo Award–winning Coyote Universe, this science fiction novel follows humanity's encounter with an alien civilization offering a new world to colonize. The danui are an arachnid-like species known as brilliant engineers and respected members of the Talus, an alien coalition that now includes the Coyote Federation representing humankind. When the danui unexpectedly contact Coyote's leaders with an offer of an unoccupied, habitable planet, Captain Andromeda Carson is sent to investigate. Her mission reveals that the gift world is actually a massive artificial sphere constructed of billions of hexagons, far larger than the solar system containing it. As Carson explores this potential new home, she discovers secrets that lead her to question the danui's true motives and intentions toward humanity.