The Engines of Dawn

The great engines of the Enamorati have enabled humanity to travel the stars, but at what cost? Little is known of the jealously guarded engines while a complacent humanity slowly losses its edge and becomes increasingly dependant on mysterious alien technologies. However, when an engine failure strands a university ship, Professor Ben Bennet and a group of students challenge the status quo and start discovering hidden secrets that threaten the future of humanity itself. "A lot of contemporary SF satisfies but doesn't excite. Cook's latest delivers everything you could want...One of the reasons I look forward to new titles by Paul Cook is that he captures the spirit of the SF I learned to love in the 1960's and 1970s" -- Science Fiction Chronicle