Two hundred years ago, humans made a stunning discovery in the far reaches of the solar system: a huge statue of an alien creature, with an inscription that defied all efforts at translation. Now, as faster-than-light drive opens the stars to exploration, humans are finding other relics of the race they call the Monument-Makers - each different, and each heartbreakingly beautiful. But except for a set of footprints on Jupiter's moon Iapetus, there is no trace of the enigmatic race that has left them behind. Then a team of scientists working on a dead world discover an ominous new image of the Monument-Makers. Somehow it all fits with other lost civilizations, and possibly with Earth's own future. And distant past. But Earth itself is on the brink of ecological disaster - there is no time to search for answers. Even to a question that may hold the key to survival for the entire human race...
L'Académie Séries
Embarquez pour un voyage interstellaire épique où l'humanité découvre des artefacts énigmatiques laissés par une civilisation extraterrestre disparue depuis longtemps. Alors que la technologie progresse et que l'humanité s'aventure dans le cosmos, des indices sur ces mystérieux Faiseurs de Monuments commencent à émerger. Chaque découverte dévoile une nouvelle couche de mystère, soulevant des questions profondes sur les origines de la vie, notre place dans l'univers et, potentiellement, notre propre destin.
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2223. La planète Deepsix est menacée de destruction totale par une collision cosmique. Du coup, l'intérêt pour ce monde oublié et maudit, parce qu'une mission d'exploration y a été décimée vingt ans plus tôt, se réveille. Car Deepsix recèle une merveille : les traces d'une civilisation disparue. Qui ne l'est peut-être pas tout à fait. Un monde dangereux, une énigme archéologique, une course contre la montre et contre l'oblitération. Toute la virtuosité et l'autorité de Priscilla Hutchins, qui a déjà fait merveille dans Les Machines de Dieu (publié dans la même collection), ne seront pas de trop pour remplir cette mission et ramener à bon port sa petite équipe.
On a routine survey mission studying a neutron star, an Academy starship receives a transmission in an unknown language. Before leaving the area, the starship launches a series of satellites to find the signal—and perhaps discover its origins. Five years later, a satellite finally encounters the signal—which is believed to be of extraterrestrial origin by the Contact Society, a wealthy group of enthusiasts who fund research into the existence of alien life. Providing a starship to the Academy to be piloted by Captain Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins, the Contact Society embarks on a mission to find the source of the transmission. Across a myriad of stars, from world to world, Hutch and her crew follow the signal, but find only puzzles and lethal surprises. Then, in a planetary system far beyond the bounds of previous exploration, they discover an object. It is immense, ominous, and mysterious. And it may hold the answer not only to the questions of the Contact Society, but to those of every person who has ever looked to the sky and wondered if we were alone...
Omega (Academy - Book 4)
- 608pages
- 22 heures de lecture
A Campbell Award winner and Nebula Award finalist from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. Fourth in the acclaimed Academy series. 'McDevitt honors the memory of his predecessors by writing up to their level' SciFi.com
Odyssey (Academy - Book 5)
- 496pages
- 18 heures de lecture
A Nebula Award and Campbell Award finalist for Best Novel from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. Fifth in the acclaimed Academy series. 'No one writing today is better than McDevitt at combining galaxy-spanning adventure with the genuine novel of ideas' Washington Post Book World
Cauldron (Academy - Book 6)
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
A Nebula Award finalist for Best Novel from the multi-award winning SF master Jack McDevitt. Sixth in the acclaimed Academy series.
Starhawk
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Starting your first job is always tough ... especially when you're an interstellar pilot. This is the mind-blowing story of how it all began for one of SF's most remarkable characters. Perfect for fans of Ray Bradbury and Joe Haldeman.
The Long Sunset
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series—Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war. Despite taking part in the recent scientific breakthrough that rejuvenates the human body and expands one’s lifespan, Hutch finds herself as a famous interstellar pilot with little to do, until a message from an alien race arrives. The message is a piece of music from an unexplored area. Despite the fact that this alien race could pose a great danger and that this message could have taken several thousand years to travel, the program prepares the last interstellar ship for the journey. As the paranoia grows, Hutch and her crew make an early escape—but what they find at the other end of the galaxy is completely unexpected.
