Polaris

370 pages

English language

Published April 17, 2004 by Ace Books.

ISBN:
9780441012022

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5 stars (1 review)

1 edition

Another Great Book by Jack McDevitt

5 stars

Polaris is book two in the Alex Benedict series by Jack McDevitt. Unlike the first one, Polaris is narrated by Chase instead of Alex. Alex and Chase risk their lives to uncover the secret of what happened to the passengers and pilot aboard the Polaris some sixty years ago.

After going on a scientific mission to see a star be consumed by a wandering white dwarf, the pilot radios in that they're about to depart for home. The only problem is they never make it. A ship is dispatched to investigate, but upon getting there, they find the Polaris eerily abandoned. Alex and Chase must piece together the clues risking their own lives to solve the mystery once and for all.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but I felt it was almost a rehash of Talent for War. It's as if McDevitt used the same formula as the first book. …

Subjects

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  • Missing persons -- Fiction
  • Rich people -- Fiction
  • Space ships -- Fiction