Falls jemand weitere Hinweise zu relevanten SF-Romanen hat oder Rezensionen kennt, würde ich mich über eine Ergänzung freuen.
Ich mach mal den Anfang mit den folgenden BĂĽchern:
Seeds of Earth (Humanity's Fire)
von Michael Cobley

First contact was not supposed to be like this. The first intelligent species to encounter Mankind attacked without warning and swarmed locust-like through the solar system. Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable. With little hope of halting the savage invasion, Earth's last, desperate roll of the dice was to send out three colony ships, seeds of Earth, to different parts of the galaxy. Earth may perish but the human race would live on ...somewhere. 150 years later, the human colony on the planet Darien has established a new world for Humanity and forged a peaceful relationship with the planet's indigenous race, the scholarly, enigmatic Uvovo. But there are secrets buried beneath the surface of Darien's forest moon. Secrets that go back to an apocalyptic battle fought between ancient forerunner races at the dawn of galactic civilisation...
Saturn Returns (Astropolis)
von Sean Williams

Imre Bergamasc is reborn in a cobbled-together body after a group mind called the Jinc salvages his hard-copy backup. From the state of the backup, which should have been able to survive nearly anything but was clearly intentionally destroyed, and from the few, fragmentary memories Imre can piece together, it's clear that he was the victim of an elaborately plotted murder. He escapes the Jinc and makes his way through the wreckage of the Continuum, the civilization he knew, to the wreckage of one place he has remembered, the Mandala Supersystem. He finds old companions and slowly pieces together the plot that nearly destroyed him, discovering sinister implications for the fate of all humanity in a mysterious event called the Slow Wave. Williams' approach to the future fascinates, and his fast-paced, entertaining plotting delivers an eminently satisfying space opera.
The January Dancer
von Michael Flynn

Acclaimed SF writer Flynn (Eifelheim)delivers an epic tale of adventure, intrigue, suspense and mystery. Forced to land for repairs on an unnamed, remote planet, Captain Amos January and crew discover a cache of artifacts left by a cryptic alien race long before humans went to space. They soon retrieve the Dancer, a shape-changing stone that defies analysis. Possibly the scepter of a legendary prehuman king, certainly unique, the priceless trophy is desired by diverse governments, military powers, plutocrats and cabals throughout human-settled space. Flynn knits a richly detailed story of hunters, bandits and patriots that will keep even the most diligent readers on their toes. The plot evokes old-school space opera with its whirlwind pace, immense scope and twist ending, but cutting-edge extrapolation breathes vivid life into this universe of scoundrels, heroes and romantics. This multi-layered story demands much of the reader, but offers more than equivalent rewards.