Omega (novel)
| Author | Jack McDevitt |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins |
| Genre | Science fiction, Mystery fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
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Publication date
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2003 (Hardcover edition) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
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| Preceded by | Chindi |
| Followed by | Odyssey |
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.
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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