Shards of Earth (2021)

A navigator who cannot sleep still needs other people to handle contracts, repairs and fights. The Vulture God's salvage crew supplies that practical support while trying to keep Idris out of the hands of powers that value his abilities more than his wishes. Tchaikovsky makes loyalty a working arrangement with costs. Begin the Final Architecture trilogy here for intense, large-scale danger held together by very different people's expertise. The wider politics grow complicated.