Architects of Memory - Memory War, Bk 1 Author:Karen Osborne Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure. — When her crew salvages a genocidal weapon from a ravaged starship above a dead colony, Ash uncovers a conspiracy of corporate ... more »intrigue and betrayal that threatens to turn her into a living weapon.« less