Synopses & Reviews
Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke (Stephen King). Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greenewho has been mind-wiped. She has no memory of her past life, or of her plea for assistance. But she has transferred an enormous sum of money to Alex, also without explanation. The answers to this mystery lie on the most remote of human worlds, where Alex will uncover a secret connected to a decades-old political upheavala secret that somebody desperately wants hidden, though the price of that silence is unimaginable
Review
No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas.
Washington Post Book World
Jack McDevitt is a master at describing otherworldly grandeur.
Denver Post
Why read Jack McDevitt? The question should be: Who among us is such a slow pony that s/he isnt reading McDevitt?
Harlan Ellison
You should definitely read Jack McDevitt.
Gregory Benford
Synopsis
Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who has been mind-wiped. She has no memory of her life, or of her plea for assistance. The answers to this mystery lie on the most remote of human worlds, where Alex uncovers a secret connected to a decades-old political upheaval.
Synopsis
Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his assistant Chase Kolpath travel to the most remote of human worlds and uncover a secret connected to a decades-old political upheaval-a secret that somebody desperately wants hidden.
About the Author
Jack McDevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. He is a multiple Nebula Award finalist who lives in Georgia with his wife Maureen.