Swan Songs

From the flaps of the SFBC edition: "It is something to behold: the Hooded Swan. Built like a bird, with the ability to respond and maneuver like no other spaceship before it, it is a revolutionary spacecraft. But who would fly this untested craft - and why would they risk everything to do it? Enter Grainger, a wry, sarcastic loner. In The Halcyon Drift, Grainger is rescued after years of surviving in his wrecked ship on a desolate world. The catch: he must pay $20,000 for his salvation. Penniless, Grainger is forced to become an indentured pilot on the Hooded Swan. With only his wits - and the help of an alien life form that inhabits his mind - to help him, Grainger sets out on a series of adventures in service to New Alexandria. In Rhapsody in Black, Grainger discovers a new life form that could prove beneficial to galactic society... and monetarily advantageous to him. In Promised Land, Grainger and the Hooded Swan head to the Chao Phrya, a world where invertebrates rule. The Paradise Game finds Grainger on Phros, a place just like the Garden of Eden... until humans start dying. In The Fenris Device, Grainger is sent to Leucifer V to recapture a marooned Gallacellan starship. And in Swan Songs, Grainger thinks he is free of his bondage, only to find himself pulled back into service..."