Alex Benedict Novel Seeker, Book 3, (Paperback)

from joeteo1

An excellent piece of speculative fiction that takes place thousands of years into the future. The story follows future archeologist/treasure hunters who are searching for the fate of an ancient earth colony who were lost and never heard from again. The ideas are thought provoking and novel, the ...

from bcquinnsmom

Seeker is a book of speculative fiction that will appeal to you if you're not into hard-core science fiction, and if you are a reader of mysteries. McDevitt has combined both into a story that begins with the discovery of a cup bearing some "English" letters, which antiquities dealer Alex Benedic...

from jmourgos

SeekerA decent novel by Jack McDevitt, won a Nebula and all that. But what about the story? This is an Alex Benedict novel, the second in a series, which I started first. Yeah, that's me. I completed the Hutch series of books and wanted to continue with McDevitt in a similar universe, but 9,000 y...

from rameau

This is a solid space adventure that kept me turning the pages. But the Nebula for Best Novel of 2006? Really? We're a long way down from The Dispossessed and Timescape. The framework is routine. What happened to the lost colony? The characters are equally rote. Chase is your basic gumshoe, but i...

from Isamoor

Nov11: Characters: Really only the main couple. The rest are very transient this time. They're still hanging strong however. Plot: The search for the missing colony. Really, it was done quite well. Kept me riveted. Style: Still as good if not better. The writing style melded very well with the pl...