Echo (Alex Benedict - Book 5)

Sunset Tuttle spent his life searching in vain for forms of alien life. Thirty years after his death, a stone tablet inscribed with cryptic, indecipherable symbols is found in the possession of Tuttle's onetime lover, and antiquities dealer Alex Benedict is anxious to discover what secret the tablet holds. It could be proof that the eccentric Tuttle had found what he was looking for. To find out, Benedict and Chase Kolpath embark on their own voyage of discovery... one that will lead them directly into the path of a very determined assassin who doesn't want those secrets revealed.

“There are surprises packed inside the surprises ... effective and moving SF”

- Midwest Book Review

A superb action thriller. Fast paced and . . . thought provoking - Midwest Book Review

Fans of antiquities dealer Alex Benedict will find their expectations fully met by his fifth outing - Publisher's Weekly

Jack McDevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, English teacher, and motivational trainer, and is now a full-time writer. Eleven of his novels have been Nebula finalists. Seeker won the award in 2007. McDevitt lives in Georgia with his wife Maureen.

Sunset Tuttle spent his life searching in vain for forms of alien life. Thirty years after his death, a stone tablet inscribed with cryptic, indecipherable symbols is found in the possession of Tuttle's onetime lover, and antiquities dealer Alex Benedict is anxious to discover what secret the tablet holds. It could be proof that the eccentric Tuttle had found what he was looking for. To find out, Benedict and Chase Kolpath embark on their own voyage of discovery... one that will lead them directly into the path of a very determined assassin who doesn't want those secrets revealed.

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