New Releases by Jack McDevitt

Dlouhé období politické korektnosti a přehlížení vesmírného programu, především v podobě neustálých vládních škrtů rozpočtu Akademie, muselo nevyhnutelně vést ke katastrofě. Během dálkového skoku hyperprostorem zmizel jeden z přetížených a nedostatečně udržovaných nadsvětelníků, ocitl se mimo rádiové spojení nebo se ztratil v neznámu. Mediální rozruch kolem této události popisuje vesmírný program jako černou díru, ve které mizí peníze daňových poplatníků. Kampaň proti Akademii nevede nikdo jiný než kontroverzní novinářská hvězda Gregory MacAllister. Požaduje ukončení výzkumu a využití prostředků na poslední pokus o záchranu Země před globálním oteplováním. Vedoucí operací Akademie Priscilla Hutch Hutchinsonová podnikne zoufalý pokus přitáhnout zájem veřejnosti k mezihvězdnému cestování. Vysílá misi do hlubokého vesmíru s cílem studovat záhadné černé kulovité kosmické lodě, které byly spatřeny v okolí mnoha výzkumných objektů a oblíbených vesmírných destinací. Let směřuje nejdříve ke prastarému orbitálnímu chrámu nebo tisíce kilometrů dlouhému hyperkolosu, a má se jej zúčastnit i skeptický kritik MacAllister. Vše se změní, když mimozemšťané přesměrují dráhu asteroidu, a ukáže se, že vůbec nejsou tak mírumilovní, jak se zdálo. Zájem lidstva o vesmírný program je rázem na vrcholu. Stejně tak i hrůza z vyhlazení mimozemskými vetřelci ... Jack McDevitt skvěle kombinuje vědecké spekulace a fascinující pocit úžasu nad záhadami, které na nás čekají v nekonečné rozlehlosti vesmíru.

Nebula-winning author of the Alex Benedict series: A woman steals a starship to find her long-lost clone-sister in a "masterly" novel of first contact ( Library Journal). We are alone. That is the verdict, after centuries of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence missions and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe are found on the Nine Worlds settled from Earth, and the starships that knit them together. Or so it''s believed, until Dr. Kimberly Brandywine sets out to find what happened to her clone-sister Emily, who, after the final unsuccessful manned SETI expedition, disappeared along with the rest of her ship''s crew. Following a few ominous clues, Kim discovers the ship''s log was faked. Something happened out there in the darkness between the stars, and she''s prepared to go to any length to find answers. Even if it means giving up her career . . . stealing a starship . . . losing her lover. Kim is about to discover the truth about her sister—and about more than she ever dared imagine. "Gripping mystery . . . an altogether splendid, satisfying puzzle." — Kirkus Reviews "Will hold readers in thrall." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Exquisitely timed revelations maximize suspense . . . fine characterization and world building." — Booklist

In Nebula Award–winning author Jack McDevitt’s ninth installment in the beloved Alex Benedict science fiction mystery series, humanity discovers new intelligent life lightyears away—only for it to disappear without a trace. Centuries after the war with the Mutes, the first aliens to be encountered by humankind, a startling new discovery in the far reaches of the Orion Nebula appears. On a planet with conditions favorable to life, explorer vessel The Columbia comes across a small town seemingly inhabited by an intelligent species not yet discovered. But when a highly publicized follow-up mission is sent to make contact mere months later, the entire town has vanished, leaving no trace—or such is presumed to be the case until Alex Benedict and his archaeological crew show up to investigate. Officially, their mission is to find concealed artifacts that may have been left behind, but the team’s real goal is to solve the mystery of how these aliens disappeared so rapidly—and why. In turns terrifying and miraculous, the answers raise the stakes for every member on board as they look to make their mark on history. Nebula Award–winning author Jack McDevitt, whom Stephen King has called “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke,” brings back Alex, Chase, and Gabe for another brilliantly crafted science fiction mystery.

Před dvěma sty lety byl ve vzdálených končinách sluneční soustavy učiněn ohromující objev: obrovská socha mimozemského tvora s nápisem, který se vzpíral všem snahám o rozluštění. S objevem nadsvětelného pohonu se hvězdy přiblížily na dosah, a průzkum odhalil další záhadné artefakty. Jejich rozměry jsou mimo lidská měřítka a každý z nich je krásný zvláštním a provokujícím způsobem. Lidé jejich tvůrce přezdívají "Stavitelé monumentů". Nikdo netuší, kdo to byl, a kam zmizeli, ale je zjevné, že prastará minulost mimozemské civilizace může být úzce svázána s budoucností Země. Planeta Země sama je na pokraji katastrofy – na hledání odpovědí není čas. Dokonce ani na otázku, která může být klíčem k přežití celé lidské rasy...

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 15: July 2015Mike Resnick, EditorJean Rabe, Assistant EditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherThis month we feature a new story from and an interview with the 2015 Worldcon (Sasquan) Guest of Honor, David Gerrold.Stories by: Ron Collins, Robert Silverberg, Dantzel Cherry, Jack McDevitt, Leena Likitalo, Alex Shvartsman, Elizabeth Bear, J. R. Vogt, Lawrence Person, Robert J. Sawyer, David GerroldSerialization: Reboots by Mercedes Lackey and Cody MartinColumns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory BenfordBook Reviews: Jody Lynn Nye and Bill FawcettInterview: Joy Ward interviews David Gerrold Galaxy''s Edge is a bi-monthly (every two months) magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old (reprint) stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book reviews by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

CODICE HERCULES Da un angolo remoto della galassia viene inviato un messaggio. Gli impulsi di una stella pulsar sono diventati strani, irregolari artificiali. Può essere solo un codice. Freneticamente, un gruppo di ricerca lotta contro il tempo per decifrare la comunicazione aliena. E quello che gli scienziati scoprono è destinato a scuotere dalle fondamenta gli imperi in tutto il mondo, da Wall Street al Vaticano. Un originale romanzo di fantascienza sul primo contatto alieno che ha lanciato la carriera di Jack McDevitt.

From Nebula Award–winning author Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment of the Alex Benedict series featuring Gabe triumphantly reuniting with Alex and Chase to retrieve a possible alien artifact—which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers. After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe has returned, and is trying to find a new life for himself after being presumed dead—just as Alex and Chase are relearning how to live and work with him. But when a seemingly alien artifact goes missing from Gabe’s old collection, a mystery is uncovered concerning its origins and it grants everyone an opportunity to dive into solving it as a team, once again. When a lead on the artifact is tied to a dead pilot’s sole unrecorded trip, another clue leads to one of the greatest mysteries of the age: the infamous disappearance of a team of scientists aboard a space station orbiting a black hole—the Amelia Earhart of their time. With any luck, Alex, Chase, and Gabe may be on the trail of the greatest archaeological discovery of their careers. Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt, who Stephen King has called “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke,” has created another terrific science fiction mystery in his beloved Alex Benedict series.

From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series—Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war. Despite taking part in the recent scientific breakthrough that rejuvenates the human body and expands one’s lifespan, Hutch finds herself as a famous interstellar pilot with little to do, until a message from an alien race arrives. The message is a piece of music from an unexplored area. Despite the fact that this alien race could pose a great danger and that this message could have taken several thousand years to travel, the program prepares the last interstellar ship for the journey. As the paranoia grows, Hutch and her crew make an early escape—but what they find at the other end of the galaxy is completely unexpected.

Imagine a Holmes Without his Boswell... Or, as is the case with the volume you now hold in your hands, imagine a Holmes without the voice of Watson. Is there a difference? After all, we have learned about the great detective not through his own voice and eyes, but through that of his loyal companion, his dear friend, his Boswell. What might we be missing? Who else could tell of the great detective''s feats? Find out as today''s best Sherlock Holmes authors including Derrick Belanger, Luke Kuhns, Kieran Lyne, David Marcum, Jack McDevitt, Richard Paolinelli, David Ruffle, Geri Schear, Don Smith, Elizabeth Varadan, Daniel Victor, and Marcia Wilson tell stories from the perspectives of: Sherlock Holmes Mrs Hudson Colonel Sebastian Moran Raymond Chandler Inspector Lestrade Winston Churchill Violet Hunter Henry Mencken and many others... Experience Holmes like never before as you go Beyond Watson! Includes a special introductory toast from Mark Levy, BSI

The Nebula Award–winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic. A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden; (2) a strange maze of underground passageways; or (3) a space station with a view of a galaxy that appears to be the Milky Way. The race to explore and claim the stargate quickly escalates, and those involved divide into opposing camps who view the teleportation technology either as an unprecedented opportunity for scientific research or a disastrous threat to national—if not planetary—security. In the middle of the maelstrom stands Sioux chairman James Walker. One thing is for certain: Questions about what the stargate means for humanity’s role in the galaxy cannot be ignored. Especially since travel through the stargate isn’t necessarily only one way...

Gegen Ende des 27. Jahrhunderts verließ das Raumschiff Seeker die Erde, um einen fernen Planeten zu kolonisieren. Heute jedoch weiß niemand mehr, wo sich die Kolonie oder das Raumschiff befinden und man kennt nur die vielen Legenden, die sich nach und nach um dieses "Atlantis des Weltalls" rankten. Tausende Jahre später fällt Alex Benedict, dem bekannten Archäologen und Antiquitätenhändler, eine alte Tasse in die Hände, die anscheinend von der Seeker stammt. Mit seiner Assistentin Chase begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem legendären Schiff und macht dabei eine grauenhafte Entdeckung. Als dann plötzlich jemand Anschläge auf ihn verübt, ist klar, dass er einem finsteren Geheimnis auf der Spur ist ... Die weiteren Abenteuer von Alex Benedict bei beBEYOND: Die Legende von Christopher Sim. Polaris. Das Auge des Teufels. Echo. Firebird. Apollo. eBooks von beBEYOND - fremde Welten und fantastische Reisen.

Der Raumschiffkapitän Christopher Sim war es, der vor zwei Jahrhunderten heldenhaft die Menschheit vor dem sicheren Untergang bewahrte. Er war es, der eine Handvoll Ausgestoßener anführte. Und er war es, der die Raumflotte einer feindlichen außerirdischen Rasse vernichtete. Jedes Kind kennt diese Legende. Doch als Alex Benedict, Archäologe und Antiquitätenhändler, Nachforschungen über den mysteriösen Tod eines Angehörigen anstellt, kommt er einer ganz anderen Wahrheit auf die Spur: Wenn seine Information stimmt, dann war Christopher Sim nichts anderes als ein großer Betrüger. Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit durchkämmt Alex Benedict fremde Galaxien - und was er erfährt, ist so fantastisch, dass er selbst es kaum glauben kann ... Die weiteren Abenteuer von Alex Benedict bei beBEYOND: Polaris. Die Suche. Das Auge des Teufels. Echo. Firebird. Apollo. eBooks von beBEYOND - fremde Welten und fantastische Reisen.

The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the national bestselling author of Coming Home—now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular…artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican…

El famoso periodista Gregory MacAllister se ha entregado a una campaña para recortar el presupuesto destinado a la Academia y a sus programas espaciales, a fin de que se centren en cuestiones de índole práctica en la Tierra. Por su parte, la Academia, para reavivar el interés público por la materia, programa una misión para conocer la verdad sobre los «jinetes lunares», las extrañas luces que supuestamente están empezando a verse en sistemas cercanos. Descubrirán que su odisea no es solo una estratagema de relaciones públicas y que no son un fenómeno inofensivo. De hecho, pueden resultar extremadamente peligrosos, hasta un punto que nadie podría haber imaginado jamás.

THE ALEX BENEDICT COLLECTION brings together sci-fi master Jack McDevitt''s stellar first three novels in the award-winning Alex Benedict series. Perfect for fans of Ray Bradbury and Joe Haldeman. In A TALENT FOR WAR, Alex Benedict unearths a piece of information with the power to rewrite history and expose interstellar hero Christopher Sim as a fraud. On his quest for the truth Alex will venture into an unknown alien galaxy and face something stranger than he could ever have imagined. In POLARIS, Alex Benedict is determined to solve the mystery of the luxury space yacht that never returned from its interstellar journey sixty years ago. The search party found Polaris empty and adrift in space and now Alex must travel across the stars in a life-threatening mission to discover the truth. In the Nebula award-winning SEEKER, Alex Benedict is convinced that he has stumbled across an artefact from the infamous transport ship that fled a religious dictatorship in twenty-seventh-century America. Alex and his pilot Chase are taken into the very heart of danger on the deadly trail to Seeker.

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse. THE END IS NIGH features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jamie Ford, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, and many others.

An antiquities dealer travels to Earth to search for an artifact of the early space age and to search for an interstellar transport that vanished 11 years prior.

Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences. This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure… Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She’s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pilot’s license. Her timing is far from optimal, however. Faster-than-light travel has only recently become a reality, and the World Space Authority is still learning how to manage long-range missions safely. To make matters worse, efforts to prepare two planets for colonization are killing off native life-forms, outraging people on Earth. So there’s not a lot of demand for space pilots. Priscilla thinks her career may be over before it has begun. But her ambition won’t be denied, and soon she is on the bridge of an interstellar ship, working for the corporation that is responsible for the terraforming. Her working conditions include bomb threats, sabotage, clashes with her employers—and a mission to a world, adrift between the stars, that harbors a life-form unlike anything humanity has ever seen. Ultimately, she will be part of a life-and-death struggle that will test both her capabilities and her character...

On les nomme les Bâtisseurs de Monuments. Ils ont laissé de grandes œuvres plastiques ici et là dans la proche Galaxie. Chacune différente. Leurs inscriptions défient la traduction. Pourtant toutes sont belles. Bouleversantes. Mais âgées de plus de vingt mille ans. Ensuite, plus rien. Que sont devenus les Bâtisseurs de Monuments ? À l’aube de ce XXIIIe siècle, le chemin des étoiles est ouvert. Pour la Terre où l’équilibre écologique est rompu, où l’humanité court à la catastrophe, c’est peut-être la voie du salut. Mais pour Priscilla Hutchinson, pilote spatiale, et les archéologues qu’elle rejoint sur le site de la planète Quraqua, commence une quête effrénée qui les conduira de monde en monde afin de comprendre le mystère de civilisations extraterrestres terrassées et disparues.

''No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas'' Washington Post Book World Two hundred years ago, humans made a stunning discovery in the far reaches of the solar system: a huge statue of an alien creature, with an inscription that defied all efforts at translation. Now, as faster-than-light drive opens the stars to exploration, humans are finding other relics of the race they call the Monument-Makers - each different, and each heartbreakingly beautiful. But except for a set of footprints on Jupiter''s moon Iapetus, there is no trace of the enigmatic race that has left them behind. Then a team of scientists working on a dead world discover an ominous new image of the Monument-Makers. Somehow it all fits with other lost civilizations, and possibly with Earth''s own future. And distant past. But Earth itself is on the brink of ecological disaster - there is no time to search for answers. Even to a question that may hold the key to survival for the entire human race.

''A writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke'' Stephen King The year is 2255. The Academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran pilot Priscilla ''Hutch'' Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fund-raising efforts for The Prometheus Foundation, a privately funded organization devoted to deep space exploration. But when a young physicist unveils an efficient star drive capable of reaching the core of the galaxy, Hutch finds herself back in the deepest reaches of space, and on the verge of discovering the origins of the deadly Omega clouds that continue to haunt her.

''No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas'' Washington Post Book World A civilization-destroying Omega cloud has switched direction, heading straight for a previously unexplored planetary system - and its alien society. A handful of brave humans must try to save an entire world ... without revealing their existence. ''McDevitt handles the back story so adroitly that readers unfamiliar with earlier volumes in this series should have no trouble following the action'' New York Times Book Review

''You should definitely read Jack McDevitt'' Gregory Benford Forty-one years ago, renowned physicist Dr. Christopher Robin vanished. Before his disappearance, his fringe science theories about the existence of endless alternate universes had earned him both admirers and enemies. Now his widow has died and Alex Benedict has been asked to handle the auction of the physicist''s artifacts - leading the public to once again speculate on the mystery surrounding Robin''s disappearance. Did he finally find the door between parallel universes that he had long sought? Intrigued, Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath embark on their own investigation as they follow the missing man''s trail into the unknown to uncover the truth - a truth people are willing to kill to protect...

Jack McDevitt''s A TALENT FOR WAR takes Alex Benedict into the heart of an alien galaxy in a thrilling interstellar adventure. ''A real writer has entered our ranks, and his name is Jack McDevitt'' Michael Bishop, Nebula-winning author Everyone knows the legend of Christopher Sim. An interstellar hero with a rare talent for war, he changed mankind''s history forever when he forged a rag-tag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the alien Ashiyyur. But now, in a forgotten file, Alex Benedict has found a startling piece of information. If it is true, then Christopher Sim was a fraud. If he is to see it through, Alex Benedict will have to follow the dark track of a legend, into the heart of an alien galaxy, where he will confront a truth far stranger than anything he could have imagined...

''Jack McDevitt is that splendid rarity, a writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke'' Stephen King Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who then voluntarily has her memory erased. She has no memory of her past life, or even 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. There Alex and his pilot companion, Chase Kolpath, will uncover a secret connected to a decades-old political upheaval, a secret that somebody desperately wants hidden, though the price of that silence is unimaginable.

Jack McDevitt''s gripping SF adventure POLARIS once again proves this Nebula-Award winning author to be a master of the genre. ''Combines hard science fiction with mystery and adventure in a wild tour of the distant future. Stellar plotting, engaging characters, and a mastery of storytelling'' Library Journal The luxury space yacht Polaris carried an elite group of the wealthy and curious thousands of light-years from Earth to witness a spectacular stellar phenomenon. It never returned. The search party sent to investigate found the Polaris empty and adrift in space, the fate of its pilot and passengers a mystery. Sixty years later, Alex Benedict is determined to find the truth about Polaris - no matter how far he must travel across the stars, no matter the risk.

The Nebula-Award winning novel from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. Also a Campbell Award finalist. Third in the acclaimed Alex Benedict series. When Alex Benedict, interstellar dealer of antiquities, examines a seemingly unremarkable artefact, he is convinced it is from the infamous Seeker - a transport ship which fled the religious dictatorship in 27th century America. With the help of his pilot, Chase Kolpath, he follows a deadly trail to the Seeker, now strangely adrift in a system barren of habitable worlds. But their discovery raises far more questions than it answers, drawing Alex and Chase into the very heart of danger.

Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers the hidden history of the United States space program… “Houston, we have a problem…” Formerly a cynical, ambitious PR man, Jerry Culpepper finally found a client he could believe in when he was hired as NASA’s public affairs director. Proud of the Agency’s history and sure of its destiny, he was thrilled to be a part of its future. But public disinterest and budget cuts changed that future. Now, a half century after the first Moon landing, Jerry feels like the only one with stars in his eyes. Then a fifty-year-old secret about the Apollo XI mission is revealed, and he finds himself embroiled in the biggest controversy of the twenty-first century, one that will test his ability—and his willingness—to spin the truth about a conspiracy of reality-altering proportions...