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I’ve written many times in the past about my fascination and love for the works of Jack McDevitt. Steven King called him “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke,” and I repeat this comparison only for those of you who have not yet discovered McDevitt. In a nutshell, if you love science fiction and well-designed worlds and characters who are identifiable and allow you to gently forget you’re reading fiction and fall into the story easily, well… you’ve got some great reading ahead of you.
McDevitt’s latest novel is out now, and it’s called . But before I give you a little review of the book, I need to catch you up on a few things:
- McDevitt has a LOT of science fiction out there, novels, novellas, and short stories. His two most popular series, however, are often referred to as the Alex Benedict novels and his Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins novels. Octavia Gone is part of the Alex Benedict series.
- The Alex Benedict series (now) consists of eight novels. The first was A Talent for War, followed by Polaris, Seeker, The Devil’s Eye, Echo, Firebird, Coming Home, and Octavia Gone.
- The series takes place almost 9000 years from now, with humans having expanded into the galaxy. Civilizations have risen and fallen. The expansion began at sub-light speeds but it…
