Comment by KwanEsq
6 hours 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.