Friday, May 29, 2009

Eternity Road, by Jack McDevitt

All that's left of civilization is ruins - roads, bridges, buildings, and a very few surviving books to help us make sense of the roadmakers' culture. There was an expedition to Haven that returned not only empty-handed, but with all the expedition members save one dead.

That's the scenario of Eternity Road. Against this background, a party of explorers seeks out "Haven", the mythical site of a cache of Roadmaker artifacts. The characters are memorable, likeable (mostly), and the story stayed with me. My favorite book my Mr. McDevitt so far.

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