The Golden Transcendence — John C. Wright

Here at last is the dazzling conclusion of the masterpiece of far-future space opera that began with The Golden Ate and continued in The Phoenix Exultant.

The time is imminent when all the minds of the solar system -- human, posthuman, cybernetic, sophotechnic -- will be temporarily merged into one supermind called the Transcendence. It is an awesome moment, but one when humanity will be helpless.

The mighty ship Phoenix Exultant is at last in the hands of her master, Phaethon the Exile. He alone stands in the way of the eerie and deadly Lords of the Silent Oecumene, who seek to destroy the Inner System, man and machine alike, during this time of vulnerability. Phaeton dares to drive his ship into the heart of the Sun to stop them, but even that prodigious feat may not secure the human future.