Language English Originally published 2003 Preceded by Chindi Publisher Ace Books | ISBN 0-441-01046-6 Followed by Odyssey Genres Science Fiction, Mystery | |
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Series Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins Publication date 2003 (Hardcover edition) Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback) Similar Works by Jack McDevitt, Engines of God/Priscilla (Hutch) Hutchins books, Fiction books | ||
Omega is a book by Jack McDevitt that won the John W. Campbell Award, and was nominated for the Nebula Award in 2004.
The mystery surrounding the destructive "Omega Clouds" (which are introduced in The Engines of God) is left unexplored until Omega.
Plot summary
A world of strikingly humanoid beings is discovered to be in the path of an Omega cloud, which attack and destroy anything with a sharp corner. The beings' civilization is strikingly similar to the early Greeks. Hutch is part of an expedition to save them if possible, using a new discovery.
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