Jack McDevitt

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1986
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Academy

1 - The Engines of God (Oct-1994)
2 - Deepsix (Mar-2001)
3 - Chindi (Jul-2002)
4 - Omega (Nov-2003)
5 - Odyssey (Nov-2006)
6 - Cauldron (Nov-2007)
7 - Starhawk (Nov-2013)
8 - The Long Sunset (Apr-2018)

An Alex Benedict Novel

1 - A Talent for War (Feb-1989)
2 - Polaris (Nov-2004)
3 - Seeker (Nov-2005)
4 - The Devil's Eye (Nov-2008)
5 - Echo (Nov-2010)
6 - Firebird (Nov-2011)
7 - Coming Home (Nov-2014)
8 - Octavia Gone (May-2019)
9 - Village in the Sky (Feb-2023)

Ancient Shores

1 - Ancient Shores (Apr-1996)
2 - Thunderbird (Dec-2015)

A Priscilla Hutchins Novel

1 - Starhawk (Nov-2013)
2 - The Long Sunset (Apr-2018)

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • The Hercules Text

    The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the national bestselling author of Coming Home -- now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. From a remote corner of the galaxy ...

  • A Talent for War

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 1

    Everryone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. Fighter. Leader. An interstellar hero with a rare talent for war, Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a ragtag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the back of the alien Ashiyyur. ...

  • The Engines of God

    The Academy - 1

    Humans call them the Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues on distant planets in the galaxy. Each relic -- is different. Each inscription defies translation. Yet all are heartbreakingly beautiful. And for planet Earth,...

  • Ancient Shores

    Ancient Shores - 1

    They opened the door to another Universe It turned up in a North Dakota wheat field: a triangle, like a shark's fin, sticking up from the black loam. Tom Lasker did what any farmer would have done. He dug it up. And discovered a boat, made of a fi...

  • Standard Candles

    Sixteen outstanding stories by Hugo and Nebula-award nominee, Jack McDevitt. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Contents: Standard Candles Tidal Effects Translations from the Colosian Black to Move The Fort Moxie Branch Promises to Keep Gus To Hell with the Stars El...

  • Eternity Road

    FROM THE ASHES OF THE OLD WORLD The Roadmakers left only ruins behind--but what magnificent ruins! Their concrete highways still cross the continent. Their cups, combs, and jewelry are found in every Illyrian home. They left behind a legend, too--...

  • Moonfall

    In five days, comet Tomiko will shatter the moon. Huge chunks will rain down on the Earth, causing continent-wide fires, killer storms, and tidal waves as tall as mountain ranges. Five days to save a world. Five nightmare days for the reluctant...

  • Infinity Beach

    We are alone. That is the verdict, after centuries of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence missions and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe are found on the Nine Worlds settled from Earth, and the starships that knit them t...

  • Hello Out There

    Here, together in a single volume, are the two novels that launched Jack McDevitt's reputation as a writer of suspenseful, thoughtful, sense-of-wonder science fiction. Hello, Out There contains The Hercules Text, winner of the 1986 Philip K. Dick Spe...



  • Deepsix

    The Academy - 2

    In the year 2204, tragedy and terror forced a scientific team to prematurely evacuate Maleiva III. Nineteen years later, a rogue moon hurtling through space is about to obliterate the last opportunity to study this rare, life-supporting planet. With ...

  • Chindi

    The Academy - 3

    The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the...

  • Omega

    The Academy - 4

    A civilization-destroying omega cloud has switched direction, heading straight for a previously unexplored planetary system--and its alien society. And suddenly, a handful of brave humans must try to save an entire world--without revealing their exis...

  • Polaris

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 2

    Sixty years ago, the space yacht Polaris was found deserted, the fate of its pilot and passengers a mystery. Now, to mark the anniversary of the disappearance, there is to be an auction of what was left behind on the ship. Using his insider knowledge...

  • Seeker

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 3

    Thousands of years after an entire colony mysteriously disappears, antiquities dealer Alex Benedict comes into possession of a cup that seems to be from the Seeker, one of the colony's ships. Investigating the provenance of the cup, Alex and his assi...

  • Odyssey

    The Academy - 5

    To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about "moonriders," the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But the team soon discovers that their odyssey is no mere public-rel...

  • Outbound

  • Cauldron

    The Academy - 6

    By 2255, the age of starflight is over. The Academy of Science and Technology is long closed, and the only efforts at space exploration are carried on by privately funded foundations. However, physicist Jon Silvestri insists that an abandoned prototy...

  • The Devil's Eye

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 4

    Alex Benedict, interstellar antiquities dealer, and his assistant, Chase Kolpath, are on vacation when they receive a cryptic message from Celebrated writer Vicki Greene, whom neither has ever met, asking for help. But when they return home, Alex dis...

  • Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt

    Jack McDevitt loves a good mystery. And he enjoys baffling his readers with enigmas like why, after so many years of listening with no results, would a SETI director hear an artificial signal and keep it quiet? Why might an astronomer at a space stat...



  • Time Travelers Never Die

    When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Fearing his father may be stranded in time-or worse-Shel enlists the aid of Dave MacElroy, a linguist, to accompany him on th...

  • Echo

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 5

    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...

  • Firebird

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 6

    Forty-one years ago the renowned physicist Chris Robin vanished. Before his disappearance, his fringe science theories about the existence of endless alternate universes had earned him both admirers and enemies. Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath dis...

  • Armored

    Armor up for a metal-pounding feast of action, adventure and amazing speculation by topnotch writers (including Nebula-award winner Jack McDevitt, Sean Williams, Dan Abnet, Simon Green, and Jack Campbell) on a future warrior that might very well be j...

  • Going Interstellar

    Essays by space scientists and engineers teamed with a collection of tales by an all-star assortment of award winning authors all taking on new methods of star travel. Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious abo...

  • Starhawk

    A Priscilla Hutchins Novel - 1
    The Academy - 7

    Priscilla Hutchins has been through many experiences. This is the story of her first unforgettable adventure... Priscilla "Hutch” Hutchins has finally realized her lifelong dream: She’s completed a nerve-bending qualification flight for a pi...

  • Coming Home

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 7

    Thousands of years ago, artifacts of the early space age were lost to rising oceans and widespread turmoil. Garnett Baylee devoted his life to finding them, only to give up hope. Then, in the wake of his death, one was found in his home, raising tant...

  • Thunderbird

    Ancient Shores - 2

    The Nebula Award-winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic. A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered ...

  • The Best of Defending the Future

    The embers of War still glow as memories of strange skies over an alien landscape, light-years from home, bring back the sensations of battle; a time when personal sacrifice meant the difference between salvation for all, or total destruction.Gathere...

  • The Long Sunset

    A Priscilla Hutchins Novel - 2
    The Academy - 8

    From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series -- Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before t...



  • A Voice in the Night

  • Octavia Gone

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 8

    After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe finally makes his triumphant return to reunite with Alex and Chase and retrieve a possibly alien artifact -- which may lead them to solve the greatest archaeological mystery of their careers, in the ei...

  • Village in the Sky

    An Alex Benedict Novel - 9

    In Nebula Award"winning author Jack McDevitt’s ninth installment in the beloved Alex Benedict science fiction mystery series, humanity discovers new intelligent life lightyears away -- only for it to disappear without a trace.Centuries after the ...

  • Return to Glory

    Jack McDevitt's passion for astronomy was recognized in 2008 when the International Astronomical Union put his name on an asteroid. NASA has given him an award for keeping the science in science fiction. Stephen King described Jack as the natural he...

Award-Winning Books by Jack McDevitt

The Hercules Text
1987 Locus Award -- First Novel
Omega
2004 John W. Campbell Memorial Award -- Novel
Seeker
2006 Nebula Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jack McDevitt has published 33 books.

Jack McDevitt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Return to Glory, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Jack McDevitt, The Hercules Text, was published in November 1986.

Yes. Jack McDevitt has 4 series.
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