The novel “Triton” by John Walker was published for the first time in 2020. It’s the first book in The Descendants War series.

The starship Triton picks up a distress call from the Gerdon System, and Captain Rudy Barrington expects the colony that transmitted it to be under attack by pirates. However, the mysterious attackers are equipped with far more powerful weapons than the colonial fleet, and only the intervention of another starship of unknown origin saves the Triton from destruction.

Commander Titus Barnes, who took command of the Triton after Captain Barrington died during the battle, suddenly finds himself dealing with two alien powers. Willing or not, humanity gets embroiled in an interstellar war. The Triton’s first operation after significant technological upgrades involves rescuing two archaeologists who have discovered ancient artifacts.

The novel “Solar Lottery” by Philip K. Dick was published for the first time in 1955.

When Ted Bentley is fired from the Oiseau-Lyre, he’s released from his oath of loyalty to the corporation. When he manages to get a job at the Directorate and pledges loyalty to Reese Verrick, he thinks he’s accomplished something because Verrick is the Quizmaster. However, a new draw has awarded the position of Quizmaster to Leon Cartwright, and this upends the government of humanity.

By law, the new Quizmaster must prepare defenses against the assassin, who will be chosen according to the established rules. The situation is even more complex because Leon Cartwright follows the ideas of John Preston, who wrote a book predicting the existence of a tenth planet, the mythical Flame Disc.

The novel “Inhibitor Phase” by Alastair Reynolds was published for the first time in 2021. It’s part of the Revelation Space series.

When a spaceship enters the system that includes the planet Michaelmas, the inhabitants of the small colony of Sun Hollow are alarmed. Their main fear is that it will attract the wolves, as they call the Inhibitors, the self-replicating machines that seek out humans to wipe them out from the universe.

The colony’s administrator, Miguel de Ruyter, sets out to intercept the spaceship and destroy it at all costs, the only constraint being the need to simulate an explosion caused by a malfunction that won’t attract the wolves. A cryogenic capsule is ejected from the spaceship and sends out a distress signal. Brought to Michaelmas, it contains what appears to be a normal woman, at least until she takes control of all the colony’s machines. Miguel de Ruyter’s only choice is to give in to her demand that he accompany her in search of a weapon to fight the Inhibitors.

The novel “Davy” by Edgar Pangborn was published for the first time in 1964 as an expansion of two novelettes published in 1962.

Raised in an orphanage, Davy is a bond-servant and spent his early teen years working. He’s been taught only the bare minimum necessary to do his job, especially because the Holy Murcan Church maintains a tight grip on all knowledge, especially that which remains from the time before the atomic war.

Davy is curious about what exists beyond the microcosm he knows directly. He starts developing a certain skepticism about the Church’s teachings, and for this reason, he spares the life of a mutant he stumbles upon. When he unwittingly gets himself into serious trouble, he decides to escape, and his encounter with some people gives his life a new direction.