Omega - Hardcover

McDevitt, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441010466 ISBN 13: 9780441010462

Publisher: Ace Hardcover, 2003

Synopsis

In the sequel to the critically acclaimed Chindi, the best military and scientific minds on Earth band together in a desperate attempt to preserve an alien society from the deadly force heading for its home planet.

About this title

About the Author:

Jack McDevitt is a former Naval officer, taxi driver, customs officer, and motivational speaker. He is a multiple Nebula Award finalist who lives in Georgia with his wife Maureen.

From Publishers Weekly:

Having mastered the big, sprawling adventure stories called space opera in books like Chindi, McDevitt extends the form in this feel-good SF novel that earns its hopeful conclusion. Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchens, heroine of several of McDevitt's previous novels, has had a full career as a space pilot and is now administrator of the government agency in charge of space research. Like most people, she's only mildly concerned with the long-range threat of the omega clouds, masses of energy floating through the universe that detect and pulverize artificial structures (and the intelligent creatures that live in them). After all, the cloud headed for Earth is 900 years away. This situation changes when a charmingly innocent young alien race is discovered just a few months before a cloud will obliterate it. Hutch has to juggle resources to save the cute creatures, at the same concealing the human intervention in order not to disrupt the alien civilization's development. The cloud's implacable threat keeps the action tightly focused, though the story shifts viewpoint frequently to show crowds of people committing themselves to different aspects of the mission. Part of the rescue effort involves spaceships and gadgets, but the most serious part depends on human intelligence and passion. McDevitt is very good at imagining strange challenges-and at picturing humans coping when things don't work out as planned. His characters succeed in imposing their compassion on the void.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Hardcover
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0441010466
• ISBN 13: 9780441010462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448