The Devil's Eye: An Alex Benedict Novel - Hardcover

McDevitt, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441016359 ISBN 13: 9780441016358

Publisher: Ace Hardcover, 2008

Synopsis

Hired by writer Vicki Greene, interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict discovers that his would-be client now has no memory of her past, or of her request for his help, and his search for answers takes him to a remote human world that holds the key to a decades-old political conflict that someone will do anything to keep hidden. By the Nebula Award-winning author of Seeker.

About this title

About the Author:

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

From Publishers Weekly:

McDevitt fills the fourth far-future Alex Benedict adventure (after 2005's Nebula-winning Seeker) with historical details and thrilling stunts as well as sharp political allegory. When famous horror writer Vicki Greene leaves antiquities dealer Alex a desperate message and then voluntarily has her memory erased, he and his pilot companion, Chase Kolpath, follow clues literally to the end of the galaxy, where Vicky had been researching her next novel. Official threats and a kidnapping reveal a planet-threatening catastrophe, covered up for years by hapless bureaucrats. As panic ensues and evacuation looks hopeless, the space opera turns into commentary on government reaction to emergencies and the values of openness. McDevitt balances the two sides of his story well, never losing sight of either the fast-paced action or the message behind it. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Hardcover
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0441016359
• ISBN 13: 9780441016358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368