Seeker
By: Jack McDevitt
Edition: Ace mass-market ed.
Series: Ace science fiction; The Alex Benedict novels; Ace science fiction
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780441013753
Subjects: Space ships; Alex Benedict (Fictitious character); Antique dealers; Fiction
Description: "Near the end of the twenty-seventh century, when the interstellar age was just dawning, two ships set out from Earth to escape the fascist theocracy that had taken over North America. One was the Bremerhaven, the other the Seeker. On a distant planet, the voyagers established a colony they named Margolia. Then they and the colony disappeared from recorded history." "Thousands of years later, the legendary status of Margolia has made it the new Atlantis - and of special interest to antiquities dealer Alex Benedict when he comes into possession of a cup that seems to be from the Seeker. Investigating the provenance of the cup, Alex and Chase Kolpath follow a deadly trail to the Seeker - strangely adrift in a system barren of habitable worlds. But their discovery raises more questions than it answers, drawing Alex and Chase into the center of the mystery that is Margolia - and into the very heart of danger."--Publisher.