Space museum lead kolpath and benedict to ancient earth were they are attacked and almost become sharkbait. From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. Buy coming home by jack mcdevitt online at alibris. Coming home is the latest jack mcdevitt installment in the alex benedict series. Coming home jack mcdevitts latest alex benedict novel. He has a smart pilot, chase kolpath, and a relentless curiosity about the past. I was born in 1969, a most important year in the space program, and three. Jack mcdevitt hits a home run with this witty, charming, yearning novel that puts a new twist on time travel. The classic firstcontact science fiction novel that launched the career of jack mcdevitt, the nationally bestselling author of coming homenow revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. Thousands of years after an entire colony mysteriously disappears, antiquities dealer alex benedict comes into possession of a cup that seems to be from the seeker, one of the colonys ships. His two most popular series are the priscilla hutchins and the alex benedict series. He has over 20 novels available in print, ebook and audio.
Jack mcdevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, english teacher, customs officer, and motivational trainer who is now a fulltime writer. His two main series are the alex benedict series and the priscilla hutchins series. Jack mcdevitt books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. If you enjoy science fiction with a hint of mystery, i recommend jack mcdevitts alex benedict series. Jack mcdevitts latest novel, coming home, looks at the history of the 20th centurys golden age of the space program from 9,000 in our future. As detailed in the engines of god, early in the 22nd century, researchers are. Coming home an alex benedict novel book 7 kindle edition by mcdevitt, jack. In benedicts latest adventure, coming home, clues to the whereabouts of artifacts from the u. Review of coming home by jack mcdevitt concatenation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading coming home an alex benedict novel book 7.
Alex benedict the relicdealer and chase kolpath the pilot go hunting for the last cache of artefacts from earths early space age. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Read coming home by jack mcdevitt available from rakuten kobo. Another mcdevitt classiccoming home is easily on par with what weve come to expect from jack mcdevitt, and his fans will. Alex benedict audiobooks listen to the full series. Antiquities dealer alex benedict travels to earth to search for an artifact of the early space age while waiting for the capella, an interstellar transport that vanished in a spacetime warp eleven. The book coming home is easily on par with what weve come to expect from jack mcdevitt and his fans will not be disappointed.
Coming home isbn 9780425260876 pdf epub jack mcdevitt. Coming home is the latest in mcdevitts chase kolpathalex benedict series. Jack mcdevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. The title is doubly meaningful, because a long lost character from early in the series comes home, and also because chase and alex visit earth, the original human home.
What thoughts at heart have you and i we cannot stop to tell. But their discovery raises more questions than it answers. Alex and his assistant, chase kolpath, follow a deadly trail to the seeker, strangely adrift in a system barren of habitable worlds. The triumphant new novel from sf author jack mcdevitt brings together interstellar travel, an 8,000yearold mystery, and a dramatic mission to rescue 3,000 spaceship passengers unaware of their perilous situation. Nov 04, 2014 the book coming home is easily on par with what weve come to expect from jack mcdevitt and his fans will not be disappointed. The national bestselling author brings back the want to read.
The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular. Reading jack mcdevitts coming home, though, i kept thinking that this book was an awful lot like what i would expect a clive cussler book to be, just set in the future, with spacehopping treasure hunters and antiquarians, instead of being bounded by the confines of the earth. If youve not yet discovered jack mcdevitts novels and are looking for some great reads, youve obviously got a lot of choices. Book 7 of the alex benedict series by jack mcdevitt know more thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to rising oceans and widespread. Jack mcdevitt books list of books by author jack mcdevitt. Jack mcdevitt born april 14, 1935 is an american science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. Buy a cheap copy of coming home book by jack mcdevitt. Coming home 7 by jack mcdevitt 2014, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The classic firstcontact science fiction novel that launched the career of jack mcdevitt, the nationally bestselling author of coming home now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. You therefore dont want to start here, although the nature of the sequel doesnt require that you remember firebird in that much detail. Garnett baylee devoted his life to finding them, only to give up hope.
The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregularartificial. Coming home this was a good story and it even tied in with the other novels of jack mcdevitt. Coming home is easily on par with what weve come to expect from jack mcdevitt, and his fans will not be disappointed. Ive read all the sf nvoels in jack mcdevitts alex benedict series. Newscovers jackmcdevitt jack mcdevitt science fiction.
Coming home is a direct sequel to firebird, the first time mcdevitt has done that in this series. Publication date 2014 topics imaginary wars and battles fiction, benedict, alex fictitious character fiction, adventure stories, science fiction, benedict, alex fictitious character, imaginary wars and battles publisher london. It is the year 11,273 ad, and humanity has spread out into the local spiral arm. Jack mcdevitt books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes.
Most of his novels are usually on the theme of xenoarcheology, archeology, and attempts at making contact with aliens. Coming home ebook by jack mcdevitt 9780698146501 rakuten kobo. Jan 01, 2014 reading jack mcdevitt s coming home, though, i kept thinking that this book was an awful lot like what i would expect a clive cussler book to be, just set in the future, with spacehopping treasure hunters and antiquarians, instead of being bounded by the confines of the earth. The classic firstcontact science fiction novel that launched the career of jack mcdevitt, the national bestselling author of coming homenow revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In fact, there is a scene where chase wonders if she would like the fictional character hutchins also a mcdevitt invention in the priscilla hutchins series. Coming home is the book that fans of the alex benedict series have been waiting for its both a conclusion of sorts to a larger arc thats run throughout the books and a more personal story.
Hello, out there contains the hercules text, winner of the 1986 philip k. You cant help but be captivated by shel and daves excellent adventure. Oct 28, 2014 coming home, the latest in the in alex benedict novel series, comes out on november 4, 2014 from ace books. Nov 04, 2014 the classic firstcontact science fiction novel that launched the career of jack mcdevitt, the national bestselling author of coming homenow revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. Coming home is a science fiction novel by american writer jack mcdevitt. Following 20s publication of starhawk in the hutchins series, he now returns to alex benedict with coming home, a novel with a title that has multiple meanings within the context of the book. Jack mcdevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, english teacher, customs officer, and motivational trainer, and is now a fulltime writer. Book 7 of the alex benedict series by jack mcdevitt know more thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to rising oceans and widespread turmoil. Thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to rising oceans and widespread turmoil. But dead or living, drunk or dry, soldier, i wish you well.
Jack mcdevitt is an american science fiction author best known as the author and creator of the alex benedict series and the priscilla hutchins series mcdevitt was nominated for numerous nebula awards and won the award in 2006 for seeker. Mcdevitt s first published story was the emerson effect in the twilight zone magazine in 1981. Jack mcdevitt s latest novel, coming home, looks at the history of the 20th centurys golden age of the space program from 9,000 in our future. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jack mcdevitt has been switching between novels in his priscilla hutchins series and his alex benedict series. He is the author of the alex benedict novels including firebird and the priscilla hutch hutchins series of books sometimes referred to as the academy series. Read an excerpt from the scifi time travel tale below. Housman, in one especially memorable poem, describes watching soldiers march by on their way to war. Coming home, jack mcdevitt 12 october 2015 2014 science fiction, seventh in the alex benedict series that began with a talent for war.
He has won multiple awards including the international upc science fiction award for ships in the night, a nebula for seeker, a campbell award for omega, and the robert heinlein lifetime achievement award. Mcdevitt s first published story was the emerson effect in the. A firstrate work by one of the true masters of the genre. Jack mcdevitt is a renowned american science fiction novelist, who has written numerous novels over the years. He is the author of the alex benedict novels, including firebird. Coming home, the latest in the in alex benedict novel series, comes out on november 4, 2014 from ace books. This acclaimed book by jack mcdevitt is available at in several formats for your ereader. If i had one request of mcdevitt, it would be a separate book or books compiling all of the chapter introductions from all of his novels, for they can be as poetic and artful as some of the novels they are found in. The title advertises that as a major theme in this book. The main character, alex is a combination indiana jones sherlock holmes with the narrator, chase, playing his watson gal friday. He is a multiple nebula award winner and finalist who lives in georgia with his wife maureen.
Here, together in a single volume, are the two novels that launched jack mcdevitts reputation as a writer of suspenseful, thoughtful, senseofwonder science fiction. Benedict is a hunter of antiques and collectibles 9000 years in the future. Thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to. Nov 04, 2014 listen to coming home audiobook by jack mcdevitt. It is the seventh in the alex benedict series, and was released in november 2014. The primary mystery describe by narrator chase kolpath, is based on a.
Coming home was nominated for the 2014 nebula award for best novel. Nov 04, 2014 i can say that coming home was a special story fans will definitely smile and realize that mcdevitt has delivered a gift here. The seven novels in the alex benedict series are as follows. Publication date 2014 topics imaginary wars and battles fiction, benedict, alex fictitious character fiction, adventure. You therefore dont want to start here, although the nature of the sequel doesnt require that you remember firebird in that much detail the mystery of the disappearing starships was understood in firebird but not resolved. Buy coming home alex benedict by mcdevitt, jack isbn. Coming home by jack mcdevitt, 9780425260876, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Coming home 7 by jack mcdevitt 2014, hardcover at the best.
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