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The Eternity Artifact

By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer, Cindy Kay
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Five thousand years in the future, humankind has spread across thousands of worlds, and more than a dozen different governments exist in an uneasy truce. But human beings have found no signs of other life anywhere approaching human intelligence.

This changes when scientists discover a sunless planet they name Danann, traveling the void just beyond the edge of the galaxy at such a high speed that it cannot be natural. Its continents and oceans have been sculpted and shaped, with but a single megaplex upon it - close to perfectly preserved - with tens of thousands of near-identical metallic-silver-blue towers set along curved canals. Yet Danann has been abandoned for so long that even the atmosphere has frozen solid. Within a few years, Danann will approach an area of singularities that will make exploration and investigation impossible.

Orbital shuttle pilot Jiendra Chang, artist Chendor Barna, and history professor Liam Fitzhugh are recruited by the Comity government and its Deep Space Service, along with scores of other experts as part of an unprecedented and unique expedition to unravel Danann's secrets. And there are forces that will stop at nothing to prevent them, even if it means interstellar war.

©2006 Modesitt Family Revocable Living Trust (P)2021 Tantor Adventure Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Interstellar
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So people may not like the format of this story. I was a very enjoyable two person narrative that held the story well.

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I loved the flow of the story. The characters were well developed, with understanding of the diversity of people. The role of humans in the universe is explored. The Eternity Artifact is a mysterious anchor to timelessness and the timeheld questions of reality. A great read!

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