The Hercules Text

The Hercules Text is Jack McDevitt's first novel, yet it reads like a mature novelist at the height of his career. This novel of man's first message from the stars, proving finally that man is not alone and its terrible consequences, had me at times angry, because it read so true to form. For an author to make you, the reader, get angry at the turn that the characters take (when it is true to form, not because the author lost control of his characters) says a lot about the quality of the writing. I heartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in science and especially man's place in the cosmos.