3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent look on what alien technology (or even the idea that we may have access to it someday) might do to our world. It focuses more on the social aspect than the actual science fiction part of the story.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
My husband says: More concerned with the social ramifications of first contact than with the exploration of alien worlds, and I would have been more excited by the latter. I preferred Eternity Road to this book.

Kibi W. (
Kibi) reviewed on 3/5/2006...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a fun read.
There really was a great lake 10K years ago that stretched between what is now North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Archaeologists are researching lost coastal civilizations from 10K years ago that are now underwater. This book is a fun twist on the theme.

Walter W. (
WebsterWW) reviewed on 1/16/2005...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A darn good read. This book asks the questions and gives the answers. A romp through the worlds.

Vanessa K. (
Vanessa) reviewed on 3/19/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fast and interesting read! This is my first Jack Mcdevitt book and I want to read more of his books.

Ron C. (
Hophead) reviewed on 11/16/2009...
Whoa -- this was a good one. McDevitt has created his best yet. Read it.