Echo

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A new novel of the fantastic unknown by the national bestselling author of Time Travelers Never Die Eccentric Sunset Tuttle spent his life searching in vain for forms of alien life Thirty years after his death, a stone tablet inscribed with cryptic, indecipherable symbols is found in the possession of Tuttle s onetime lover, and antiquities dealer Alex Benedict is anxious to discover what secret the tablet holds It could be proof that Tuttle had found what he was looking for To find out, Benedict and his assistant embark on their own voyage of discovery one that will lead them directly into the path of a very determined assassin who doesn t want those secrets revealed. New Download Books Echo By Jack McDevitt – kino-fada.fr Historians In Space Well, if anyone has followed this far in the series, you know this is nothing new It s nearly 30,000 years after humanity has spread from Earth and we re all over the galaxy and there are very very few alien species out there But humans being humans, we fall apart and lose touch and certain facts, places, and even people tend to drop off the map and the history books and any other kind of archive This is known Plus, space and time is very big It s easy to lose track o Historians In Space Well, if anyone has followed this far in the series, you know this is nothing new It s nearly 30,000 years after humanity has spread from Earth and we re all over the galaxy and there are very very few alien species out there But humans being humans, we fall apart and lose touch and certain facts, places, and even people tend to drop off the map and the history books and any other kind of archive This is known Plus, space and time is very big It s easy to lose track of anything And that s where Chase and Alex come in, Space Opera Slueths, historians, adventurers, crack shots, detectives, and assassin foilers And let s not forget their trusty AI to help them out on the technical stuff, no None of that is particularly new, of course, but the plots continue to surprise and get better with each installment.We dive deep into a mystery table...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here A step by step way to write a Jack McDevitt Alex Benedict book 1 Introduce a mysterious artifact person the mystery should bevague with each succeeding book.2 Have Alex s Chase s residence burgled or otherwise infiltrated in an attempt to prevent the mystery from being solved.3 Have Chase remark that Alex isn t that easily persuaded then have Chase suggested two or three times during the novel that they should stop investigating the mystery.4 Throw in some references to Chase s boy A step by step way to write a Jack McDevitt Alex Benedict book 1 Introduce a mysterious artifact person the mystery should bevague with each succeeding book.2 Have Alex s Chase s residence burgled or otherwise infiltrated in an attempt to prevent the mystery from being solved.3 Have Chase remark that Alex isn t that easily persuaded then have Chase suggested two or three times during ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Not up to the standards of the series in the end It did make me want to immediately reread the entire series, though The central mystery is great possibly the best set up in the series but the resolution has a major groaner that made me shake my head in disappointment spoiler Star Trek Style aliens that are so indistinguishable from humans that they find Chase sexually attractive Also, I have the feeling that he or h...This is extremely well written, but shows signs of being a really great short story or short novella that has been padded to novel length.I really had the feeling that it was going to be one of those novels where in the end, nothing has happened.BUT that was not the case in the last few chapters the pace picks way up and there is a lot of action.Am I grumpy Yes Because of this novel Not really, but it wasn t helping.If you like alien artifacts, you wi...I ve started reading Alex Benedict s adventures 6 years ago, still these books are one of my favorite sci fi books It s fun to read Jack McDevitt books.The story in this book is not as great as the seeker but still I enjoyed reading it It s like visiting an old friend.McDevitt s books remind asimovs universe, humanity has colonized lots of planets and still trying to.colon...Wow, a triple shot of meh for this one Barely 2 Stars Pointless wandering around for hundreds of pages with very little reward at the end Least interesting entry into this series so far and the last I shall read Yawn.It s hard to believe an entry in this series won a Nebula Award This book, 5th in the series, certainly isn t written at that elevated level Echo revolves around a mystery of where a stone tablet originated from It was found in the yard of a deceased space explorer whose purpose in life was to find intelligent alien life Supposedly he never found any but perhaps this tablet is proof that he did In any case that s what Case and Alex try to find out.I found the first two hundred pages very s It s hard to believe an entry in this series won a Nebula Award This book, 5th in the series, certainly isn t written at that elevated level Echo revolves around a mystery of where a stone tablet originated from It was found in the yard of a deceased space explorer whose purpose in life was to find intelligent alien life Supposedly he never found any but perhaps this tablet is proof th...Another excellent Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath book from Jack McDevitt This one seemed a little darker, a littleuncomfortable at times than previous outings with the antiquities brokers adventurers But that didn t affect my enjoyment of the story It made the world, the characters all thatreal.As these characters grow older which doesn t mean much in a future where most people live at least a couple of centuries , they are definitely experiencing character growth as well Cha Another excellent Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath book from Jack McDevitt This one seemed a little darker, a littleuncomfortable at times than previous outings with the antiquities brokers adventurers But that didn t affect my enjoyment of the story It made the worl...Chase and Alex, two people who sound like they might appear in some of McDevitt s earlier fiction, as well yup, this is Alex Benedict 5 , investigate the origins of a mysterious stone tablet found in the yard of Sunset Tuttle, an oddball explorer who died two decades earlier and who did appear in some of McDevitt s earlier fiction Then someone tries to kill them Again and again The story was entertaining enough, but it seemed unfocused to me Somehow I never managed to believe that Ch Chase and Alex, two people who sound like they might appear in some of McDevitt s earlier fiction, as well yup, this is Alex Benedict 5 , investigate the origins of a mysterious stone tablet found in the yard of Sunset Tuttle, an oddball explorer who died two decades earlier and who did appear in some of McDevitt s earlier fiction Then someone tries to kill them Again and again The story was entertaining enough, but it seemed unfocused to me Somehow I n...It s a light read indeed, and IMHO far short of Nebula quality Well short of past efforts in this series, too As others have noted, the ending sort of goes Pbllffft And, two big beefs view spoiler 1 The Mutes are alien and telepathic, and somehow they don t count as Out There And they are never explained Nor how we seem to have killed a lot of them but now their children are playing with ours 2 The people on Echo II are JUST like us in a zillion ways, but only have 42 chromosomes It s a light...

Echo
  • English
  • 26 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 371 pages
  • 0441019242
  • Jack McDevitt
  • Echo