 It's many thousands of years in the future. There are different races of genetically engineered humans on thousands of planets all over the galaxy, but the Earth Empire collapsed many thousands of years ago. In fact, Earth has become mythological. This one guy from a high-gravity planet, his name is Mass, he decides he's going to go on a quest to find out exactly what happened to the Earth Empire and specifically what happened to these mythological, magical, living starships. The first half of the book is one of the most entertaining and engaging reads I've had in a long time. The story of this guy's quest as he travels the different planets encountering the different races, having very interesting and enlightening conversations with the various races, including a planet full of living robots who have long forgotten why they were built by the ancient empire. And then halfway through the book, it makes a U-turn and becomes very uninteresting. And the rest of the book, instead of being interesting, it just gets preachy. And one other thing, you do not want to be a woman in this universe. Please remember to press that like button. It helps my videos get seen. And then subscribe so you can come back next time. I do science fiction book, TV, and movie reviews all the time. And please consider becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below. When you pledge at the $20 level, I will send you a random science fiction book in the mail every month.