David Brin 
Exiles [EPUB ebook] 
The Uplift Storm Trilogy

A WORLD THREATENED BY ITS PAST, FIGHTING FOR ITS FUTUREPlanet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecosystem protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies. Yet, over centuries, refugees of six intelligent races have come, weaving a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony.Then a strange starship lands on Jijo. Does it bring the long-dreaded judgment, or worse – criminals bent on destroying the six races of Jijo in order to cover their own crimes? Can the exiles unite and find a way to save themselves . . . and a galaxy beyond?From the multiple award-winning David Brin comes the complete Uplift Storm saga – containing BRIGHTNESS REEF, INFINITY’S SHORE and HEAVEN’S REACH.