In Startide Rising, David Brin began the epic adventure of a crew of neo-dolphins, their starship Streaker, and a terrible, war-inspiring secret. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for the novel, the story of which remained unfinished for years.

Now, with the Uplift Storm trilogy, Brin is continuing - but probably not concluding - the story.

The first novel, Brightness Reef, returned us to Brin's universe where the "Six Galaxies" are ruled by an eons-old code of Uplift. According to this code, one race of advanced aliens finds a promising, pre-sentient and then grants it the gift of intelligence through the power of genetic engineering. Then, after a time of servitude, their client race can become patrons themselves.