In this fifth book in the Alex Benedict series, a search for
the source of an alien tablet leads to uncovering a secret
others will kill to keep hidden.
Somerset "Sunset" Tuttle led an adventurous but, in the end,
failure-filled life. His continuous search for aliens (other
than the Mutes, who don't count) resulted in endless empty
hours of travel and no proof. After his death, a later owner
of the house comes across a mysterious stone slab with
writing never before recorded. This piques Alex's interest
enough to go have a look at it, but that is nothing to the
bump of curiosity that arises when the stone is stolen then
dumped in the river despite the offer of vast sums of money.
He and his "girl Friday", Chase Kolpath, begin to trace the
history of Tuttle and those he knew regardless of who might
be hurt in the process.
Written in the style of narrative non-fiction, at heart ECHO
is an old-fashioned detective story told through the eyes of
pilot Chase Kolpath, assistant to Alex Benedict, antiquities
dealer. The future universe setting adds some glossy bells
and whistles to the story line, but its real contribution is
the backdrop of infinite space. It widens the questions
posed in most mysteries to include greater questions asked
by humanity, in the main, are we the only ones out here, and
if so, why?
Despite my grandiose summation, at heart McDevitt has
written an intriguing and clever mystery incorporating all
the best parts of space travel and a puzzle that kept me
guessing right up to the final moment. Fans of either genre
will approve, and enjoy this blend of science fiction and
detective story.
A new novel of the fantastic unknown by the national
bestselling author of Time Travelers Never Die.
Eccentric 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.
SuIt could be proof that Tuttle had found what he was
looking for. To find out, Benedict and his assistant 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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