Seeker

An Alex Benedict Novel

By: Jack McDevitt

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck, Jack McDevitt (Introduction)

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

Thousands of years after an entire colony mysteriously disappears, antiquities dealer Alex Benedict comes into possession of a cup that seems to be from the Seeker, one of the colony's ships. Alex and his assistant, Chase Kolpath, follow a deadly trail to the Seeker, strangely adrift in a system barren of habitable worlds. But their discovery raises more questions than it answers, drawing Alex and Chase into the very heart of danger.

BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by author Jack McDevitt.

©2005 Cryptic, Inc. (P)2008 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Nebula Award, Best Novel, 2006

"Ideas abound in McDevitt's classy riff on the familiar lost-colony theme. The novel delivers everything it promises with a gigantic whallop." (Publishers Weekly)
"The logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke." (Stephen King)
"Jennifer Van Dyck keeps the story exciting as she recounts each find, telling of artifacts that are much older than anything Indiana Jones ever got his hands on. Jack McDevitt himself reads the introduction." (AudioFile)

Solid Space Mystery

This was my first McDevitt.

Most of the galactic civilization books I've read have been rather epic in scale. This one is a nice change of pace: simply a mystery story set within the bounds of an established galactic civilization. There isn't much in the way of crazy aliens or far out tech; it's sort of like Star Trek without the humanoid aliens. Social commentary is also limited.

Van Dyck does a pretty good job reading with one.

Overall, "Seeker" is entertaining but not enlightening.

Solid Sci-Fi

If you could sum up Seeker in three words, what would they be?

Clean, Complete and Creative

What was one of the most memorable moments of Seeker?

The thought of artifacts being mundane things is very interesting but not without merit considering what we feel are artifacts today were likely to be common objects in the past.

Which scene was your favorite?

I liked the interviews with the common folks and how they were handled very close to how I feel they really would be.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The skewed perspective of the journal entries works to the advantage of the reader as it brings to light several logic issues but they can be expected.

Any additional comments?

Well written book with a litany of information to add to the realism. The characters, dialog and events are all very realistic. The reader does an excellent job at portraying other voices and genders. Good read.

Very interesting

Enjoy it from start to finish. Well thought out, world was amazing and story was exciting.

Very worthwhile Listen

Would you consider the audio edition of Seeker to be better than the print version?

Great listen. Odd how they promote it as being about the man (Alex Benedict) when the whole thing is told from the point of view of the woman (Chase) who does all the work but a good story and great performance.

Seeker Review

I love Mr McDevitt’s stories. This was one of his best Stories. Great host of characters. Excellent narration of the story by Ms Van Dyck. I’m probably going to listen to this book again just to pick up on some of the details missed while driving. Please continue to turn more Jack McDevitt hardcover books into Audible books.

slow and steady wins the race

slow and steady but its gets there. I have read worse books. not a bad read

Very Good

Ill just say that this was a great listen!! Good plot that kept you interested the whole time!!
Definitely burn a credit on this.

Good Read

If you like science fiction read this book. It's not great but it is a good read. It is set so far in the future that present day is considered an ancient civilization that little is known about. They are finding ancient artifacts that were lost 3 millennia in our future.

Great fresh SF/Mystery; listened 4x by now!

I REALLY enjoyed the narration by Jennifer Van Dyck & Jack McDevitt, Fantastic. I've listened to this story 4 times now, and recommended it to several friends. This is a very good story in audio format. If you miss a minute here and there the book has enough supporting detail so you don't get lost. The concept is excellent; very 'novel', if you pardon the pun. Pacing is really good, the future is familiar and a different, the concepts are really fun, and the SF Mystery concept is put together in a enjoyable package.

Very interesting concept - good performance

This book is one in a series of books by Jack McDevitt that are sort of like a long miniseries, but each book has a definite, independent story. This one has several fascinating twists. I think that the author does not follow through with all the story ends, but it is still a fun story and the ending, while somewhat predictable, is still a bit surprising.

Worth the read.