The 5 book Gap series by Donaldson. First book is short, called "The real story".
Has aliens that have mutegens that transform humans, a cold war, lying government, false flags, terrorists, evil mega-corporation, space pirates, a CIA equalivant, politics, a criminal turned into a cyborg to serve the "government".
Mainly about a small group caught in the middle of all of the above.
I'm reading it for probably the 4th or 5th time now.
>>338431Great read. Sequals are progressively worse IMO and not worth reading.