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Liked It Rated 4 stars “McDevitt's sense of mystery and discovery is...amazing. It really is. There is so much pleasure to be gained from uncovering all the puzzles contained within this book. His character development needs some SERIOUS work, though. I lost count of the amount of times I rolled my eyes. But...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “great book”

  John H wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “McDevitt's sense of mystery and discovery is...amazing. It really is. There is so much pleasure to be gained from uncovering all the puzzles contained within this book.
  
  His character development needs some SERIOUS work, though. I lost count of the amount of times I rolled my eyes. But that's a pretty common shortcoming of SF, so it's not a huge issue.
  
  Good stuff.”

  Icelandic T wrote this review Wednesday, October 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “With this novel, McDevitt single handedly yanked me into sci-fi.
  
  Ok, Priscilla (call her Hutch!) Hutchins is Sci-Fi's most compelling character, in my opinion. With a human's share of flaws, Hutch consistantly misses-out on the good things in life, always too busy piloting ships full of scientists around our small arm of the galaxy. Scientists are puzzeled that after a century of space travel, we humans haven't encountered another intelligent life. Though their is ample (strong) evidence that societies once flourished on a handful of planets.
  
  Mysteries build and converge as Hutch leads her demoralized-and-bickering-bunch-of-nerds from planet to planet, doing her best to keep them alive, out of trouble and in good health. She doesn't always succeed... poor Hutch.
  
  The Mystery isn't fully solved at the end of the book, but the disappearance of the "Monument-Builders" and other races is examined... and answered in other of McDevitt's novels.
  
  Don't expect super-hero like behavior out of Hutch, or tough science out of the author. Both Hutch and McDevitt are strong in their subtleness.”

  Roger wrote this review Thursday, February 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Possibly the best SF book I've read in the last ten years. A truly outstanding work. The guy is just an amazing talent.”

  Jay E wrote this review Monday, February 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “I liked jack's type of writing. I'll be reading the rest of the books in this series.”

  Shahram wrote this review Tuesday, January 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No