The Long Sunset
by Jack McDevitt
2020-12-29 14:08:52
From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy seriesâPriscilla âHutchâ Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission ...
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From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy seriesâPriscilla âHutchâ 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 Academyâs best pilot for decades. Sheâs had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war. Despite taking part in the recent scientific breakthrough that rejuvenates the human body and expands oneâs lifespan, Hutch finds herself as a famous interstellar pilot with little to do, until a message from an alien race arrives. The message is a piece of music from an unexplored area. Despite the fact that this alien race could pose a great danger and that this message could have taken several thousand years to travel, the program prepares the last interstellar ship for the journey. As the paranoia grows, Hutch and her crew make an early escapeâbut what they find at the other end of the galaxy is completely unexpected.
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