Jack McDevitt

Humans call them Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues scattered on distant planets throughout the galaxy, encoded with strange inscriptions that defy translation....

The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the nationally best-selling author of Coming Home, is now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword....

Thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to rising oceans and widespread turmoil. Garnett Baylee devoted his life to finding them, only to give up hope....

Eccentric Sunset Tuttle spent his life searching in vain for forms of alien life....

Forty-one years ago the renowned physicist Chris Robin vanished....

When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device....

The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal....

After being lost in space for 11 years, Gabe finally makes his triumphant return to reunite with Alex and Chase and retrieve a possibly alien artifact - which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers, in the eighth entry in the Alex Benedict series....

In Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt's ninth installment in the beloved Alex Benedict science fiction mystery series, humanity discovers new intelligent life lightyears away—only for it to disappear without a trace....

When a young physicist unveils an efficient star drive capable of reaching the core of the galaxy, Hutch finds herself back in the deepest reaches of space....

Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences.This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure....

Sixty years ago, the space yacht Polaris was found deserted, the fate of its pilot and passengers a mystery....

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....

Everyone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. But Alex Benedict has found a startling bit of information, long buried in an ancient computer file. If it is true, then Sim was a fraud....

Nineteen years after a premature evacuation of Maleiva III, a rogue moon hurtling through space is about to obliterate the last opportunity to study this rare, life-supporting planet....

The Roadmakers left only ruins behind—but what magnificent ruins! Their concrete highways still cross the continent. Their cups, combs, and jewelry are found in every Illyrian home....

Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters....

A civilization-destroying omega cloud has switched direction, heading straight for a previously unexplored planetary system--and its alien society....

To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about "moonriders," the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems....

Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene - who has been mind-wiped....