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Science Fiction · 2002 · PG

Chindi

by Jack McDevitt

Priscilla Hutchins follows alien signals to a massive artifact-collecting ship — and finds something watching back.

For10+GenreScience FictionLength420 pagesRead time~11 hours

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Violence

Some

Deaths; space danger; action sequences

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Themes of first contact, alien technology, and the scale of cosmic time

What this book is about

The third Priscilla Hutchins novel (2002) follows Hutch and a team of alien-signal enthusiasts who track a mysterious signal to a network of alien relay stations — and then to a vast, ancient automated ship collecting artifacts of dead civilizations. For all ages.

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