Coming Home (McDevitt novel)

Coming Home
Softcover edition
Author Jack McDevitt
Country Unite States
Language English
Series An Alex Benedict novel (Book 7)
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Ace
Publication date
 November 4, 2014
Media type Print, e-book
Pages 368 pp.
ISBN 978-0425260876
Preceded by Firebird

Coming Home is a 2014 science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. It is the seventh in the Alex Benedict series, and was released in November 2014.

Plot

The story is set approximately 9,000 years in the future (12th millennium AD), after humanity has expanded to inhabit countless worlds. Alex Benedict and his partner Chase Kolpath are antique dealers who run a firm called Rainbow Enterprises.

An intriguing artifact (a Corbett transmitter, which allows communications through hyperspace) that dates back to the Golden Age of Spaceflight is found in the home of deceased astroarcheologist Garnett Baylee. The source of the artifact is a mystery as Baylee never announced such a discovery.

While this is happening, the Capella, a cruise spaceship which disappeared over a decade ago, is expected to resurface from hyperspace, possibly leading to the evacuation of the spacecraft. This is significant because Benedict's uncle Gabe was on the Capella.[1]

Reception

The novel received good reviews, getting a 3.67/5 on GoodReads.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Bubwolf (21 November 2014). "Coming Home". Barnes & Noble.
  2. ↑ "Coming Home - Jack McDevitt's Latest Alex Benedict Novel - GeekDad". GeekDad.
  3. ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21944107-coming-home
  4. ↑ http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2014/11/review-coming-home-jack-mcdevitt/
  5. ↑ "BOOK REVIEW: Coming Home by Jack McDevitt". SF Signal.
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