Comment by KwanEsq
20 days ago
Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space series is modern and without humans as the bad guys. And highly recommended too. The books are also more standalone than calling it a series would suggest, but he also has lots of other one-shot books, and a few trilogies, if that would be a better way for you to try him out. I got into him via the standalone Pushing Ice.
Yes, highly recommend Reynolds, generally, although the third Rev Space book takes some fortitude to get through.