Pyr

In the 24th century, as rival corporations compete to strip-mine newly discovered planets for valuable mineral deposits, one man holds the key to the single most important resource of all – energy.
Benjamin Waxl, CEO of Waxl Industries, has found a way to cross into the Pyr, an alternate dimension comprised of pure, limitless energy.

Captain Vik Gathen and the crew of the Deep Space Transport Ship Sela scrounge a living dealing on the intergalactic black-market, providing people with the goods they need to survive, no questions asked.
But now, with the help of a stolen Waxl Industries automaton, Captain Gathen and her crew may have found a way to siphon some of that energy for themselves. And if they can stay ahead of Waxl Industries’ ruthless security forces long enough, they may also be able to make the most powerful man in the universe finally pay for his sins.

Pyr is the first novel by Dale Parnell.