The Devil's Eye (Alex Benedict Series #4)

by Jack McDevitt

Overview

Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his assistant Chase Kolpath travel to the most remote of human worlds and uncover a secret connected to a decades-old political upheaval-a secret that somebody desperately wants hidden.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780441017850
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/27/2009
Series:	An Alex Benedict Novel , #4
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	305,768
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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.

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Editorial Reviews

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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Publishers Weekly

Jack McDevitt is a master at describing otherworldly grandeur.

Denver Post

No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas.

Washington Post Book World

When interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict (Talent for War; Polaris; Seeker) receives an urgent message from famous writer Vicki Greene, he accepts a most unusual challenge. Someone has wiped Greene's memory, so she doesn't remember why she asked for Benedict's help or that she has given him an enormous amount of money to accomplish something she no longer remembers. Benedict and his assistant, Chase Kolpath, soon find themselves on a planet outside the galaxy, uncovering political secrets that someone desperately wants to hide. The Nebula Award-winning McDevitt's gift as a raconteur and a creator of genuinely likable characters comes to the fore as Benedict and Kolpath follow the trail that leads to more than they bargained for. A solid addition for libraries where the series or the author has a following.
—Jackie Cassada

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