Eternity Road
by:
Jack McDevitt (author)
A post-apocalyptic novel follows a small band of survivors--a scholar, a soldier, and a healer--led by a young woman as they journey through the fantastic, ruined America of the Roadmakers, a land both prehistoric and computerized.
A post-apocalyptic novel follows a small band of survivors--a scholar, a soldier, and a healer--led by a young woman as they journey through the fantastic, ruined America of the Roadmakers, a land both prehistoric and computerized.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061052088 (0061052086)
Publish date: May 28th 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 338
Edition language: English
This is really 3 1/2 stars. I can't bring myself to give it a four due to its flaws, but I did enjoy it for the most part. "Eternity Road" follows the journey of a small group of people from the post-apocalyptic Mississippi area several centuries after the world we know ends. They are searching for...
Not McDevitt's best, but still pretty good. Could have done without all that profanity, though.
I've come to the conclusion that Jack McDevitt's strength really lies with his space mysteries - the Chase Kolpath/Alex Benedict books, and the Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchison/The Academy series. I've now read two of his stand-alone novels, and while they're head and shoulders above most of the dreck ou...