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Planetary explorer and alien archaeologist Priscilla Hutchins investigates reports of sentient life on a doomed planet called Deepsix and soon finds herself on a rescue mission to the planet fated to be destroyed by a collision with a rogue moon. 35,000 first printing.

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Deepsix is concerned with the motivating force that drives all scientists--the quest for truth, for expanding the limits of human knowledge. How much are we willing to risk for that moment of discovery, of knowing what no other soul yet knows? Our time? Our reputations? Our careers? Our lives?

The premise is this-just weeks before the planet Deepsix will be destroyed by a collision with a gas giant, ruins are detected on its surface, suggesting the presence of civilisation. The Academy diverts scientists from the nearest spaceship to go down and explore, and they are joined by their century's Ellsworth Toohey: a misogynistic, sanctimonious gadfly who has never before been off of Earth's surface. The party's landers are destroyed in an earthquake induced by the approaching gas giant, so now they must find a way to get off Deepsix before it is destroyed by the collision. Needless to say, their excavations are placed on the back burner.

The science and technology, both the physics describing the space travel and the archaeology used to reconstruct the lost culture of Deepsix, are interesting and explained well. There is plenty of action and suspense-will the party survive? And the evolving characters and group dynamics are more complex than those usually found in science fiction books, making Deepsix a worthwhile read. --Diana Gitig, Amazon.com

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Jack McDevitt is that splendid rarity, a writer who is a storyteller first and a science fiction writer second. In his ability to absolutely rivet the reader, it seems to me that he is the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke (Stephen King)

No one does it better than Jack McDevitt (Robert J. Sawyer)

You ever wonder how fast the speed of light is? Slightly slower than the time it takes to read the last hundred pages of Deepsix (Macon Times)

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  • PublisherEos
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0061051241
  • ISBN 13 9780061051241
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages432
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