false 535318 3 The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fund-raising efforts for The Prometheus Foundation, a privately funded organization devoted to deep space exploration. <br/><br/> But 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, and on the verge of discovering the origins of the deadly Omega clouds that continue to haunt her. 522793 6 11 2007 Cauldron total:143|5:21|4:53|3:52|2:15|1:2| 143 505 221 23 3 1 false false Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 17:31:40 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 17:34:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:13:43 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:36:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 27 14:48:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 19:10:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:08:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:49:41 -0700 2009
By 2255,...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 15:24:03 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 05:56:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 07:20:31 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 07:21:23 -0700 2009 I'm a fan of McDevitt's to the extent that I've always enjoyed reading his books, and keep telling myself I should read more of them, so I was licking my chops as I settled down to this one. I've got to confess I was pretty spectacularly disappointed. Earth's interstellar enterprise looks to b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 02 12:59:59 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 29 16:00:20 -0700 2009
A good followup to the previous, this novel was what you'd expect based on the previous books. There were alot of tie-ins with character histories, worlds, brief references to previous p...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 11:25:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 11:51:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:01:36 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 20:41:11 -0700 2009 Six Moon Dance.more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 22:14:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 22:26:19 -0700 2008
The is the "we find mysterious things in space, get in over our heads, disaster happens, but we survive (o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 19:24:51 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 19:26:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 22:28:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 22:30:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 21 12:23:59 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 02:00:17 -0700 2009
Now finished, I can say this was the best of the series. I really ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 04:56:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 04:56:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 05 09:58:25 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 10:16:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 09 14:44:17 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 09 17:13:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 19:36:11 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 19:43:30 -0800 2007 This was great. McDevitt doesn't seem to have much hope for the human race, but he had us come out pretty good in this one. I like his theory about the printing press. Once you've got it, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 22:26:37 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:16:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 14:29:13 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 14:31:23 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 20:06:30 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 20:09:03 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=535318