Gingezel 1: The Limit, Illustrated 2nd Edition with AI Art, by Judi Suni Hall and Donald S. Hall

What happens when pushing the limit turns into pushing your luck? Join Mitra, Dreen, and Joran as they find out what happens at The Limit.

Twelve years in creation, the epic Gingezel series is set at the time when human habitation has expanded beyond the galactic core. Uneasy contact has been reestablished with the Farr Sector populated by migrants from Terra in the first days of hyperspatial travel.

Dr. Mitra Kael, power systems engineer for Dellmaice Power Systems, has spent three years on the Farrese mining planet Drezvir installing the prototype of her hybrid reactor. It should provide all of the power the colonists need to survive on that inhospitable planet. She's proud of her hybrid and how it has pushed the limits of technology.

She doesn't care what reservations Ari Dellmaice, her boss, has about it. She just wants to get off Drezvir and never see that planet again. Mitra is headed for Gingezel, the ultimate pleasure planet that has the entire galaxy wondering who the mysterious consortium that owns it is.

Once on Gingezel Mitra meets Dr. Dreen Pendi and his best friend Joran Lantonel. Although she doesn't realize it, Dreen is CEO of the galaxy wide Nemizcan Computing. He has a different problem from Mitra. It's been way too long since he's pushed any technical limits. As for Joran, he is strictly on holiday there to hide his secrets. They are nothing though compared to the secret Dreen is hiding. An idyllic vacation changes to a nightmare as secrets start threatening to slip out.

Science fiction by scientists. Cliffhanger.