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- Author
- Jack McDevitt
- Narrator
- Kevin T. Collins
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 4 September 2018
- Run Time
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular . . . artificial. It can only be a code.
Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican . . .
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Details
- Author
- Jack McDevitt
- Narrator
- Kevin T. Collins
- Duration
- 13 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 September 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977388865
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction, Science fiction, Adventure fiction, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs
Synopsis
The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the nationally bestselling author of Coming Home—now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular . . . artificial. It can only be a code.Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican . . .
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