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  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgments
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  50. About the Author
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He got behind the lectern. “I should tell you first that we call her Hutch. She was our pilot on the Eiferman, the ship that brought us here. She is still the captain of that ship, which, as we speak, is taking her to Tarka. She’s going there to transport some of its people and equipment to your new home. They will begin preparing it for you. You would not want to arrive there and discover you didn’t have the necessities that we will require.”

One of the females raised a hand. “Please tell Hutch that we said thank you and that we love her.” Others stood, in all areas of the auditorium.

Someone said, “We love you all.”

And, led by Arin and Kwylla, they began to sing “Show Us the Way.”

About the Author

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Author photograph courtesy of Maureen McDevitt

JACK McDEVITT is the Nebula Award–winning author of the Academy series and the Alex Benedict series. He went to La Salle University, then joined the navy, drove a cab, became an English teacher, took a customs inspector’s job on the northern border, and didn’t write another word for a quarter century. In 1971 he received a master’s degree in literature from Wesleyan University, and in 1980 he returned to writing when his wife, Maureen, encouraged him to try his hand at it again. Along with winning the Nebula Award in 2006, he has also been nominated for a Hugo Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. In 2015 he was awarded the Robert A. Heinlein Award for Lifetime Achievement. He and his wife live near Brunswick, Georgia. You can visit him at jackmcdevitt.com.

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Also by Jack McDevitt

The Academy

(Priscilla Hutchins) Novels

The Engines of God

Deepsix

Chindi

Omega

Odyssey

Cauldron

StarHawk

The Alex Benedict Novels

A Talent for War

Polaris

Seeker

The Devil’s Eye

Echo

Firebird

Coming Home

Ancient Shores Novels

Ancient Shores

Thunderbird

Novels

The Hercules Text

Eternity Road

Moonfall

Infinity Beach

Time Travelers Never Die

The Cassandra Project

(with Mike Resnick)

Collections

Standard Candles

Hello Out There

Ships in the Night

Outbound

Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction

of Jack McDevitt

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