Get personalized recommendations and earn points toward a free book!
Before you go...
Check Out
The Bestselling Books of All Time
See the List

The Hercules Text

By Jack McDevitt

By Jack McDevitt

By Jack McDevitt

By Jack McDevitt

Best Seller
Mass Market Paperback $8.99

Apr 28, 2015 | ISBN 9780425276013 *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

Ebook $7.99

Apr 28, 2015 | ISBN 9780698166851

All Formats
+
    The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 28, 2015
    *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
    See All Formats (1) +

    Paperback
    –

    • Mass Market Paperback $8.99

      Apr 28, 2015 | ISBN 9780425276013

      *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

    Ebook
    +

    • Ebook $7.99

      Apr 28, 2015 | ISBN 9780698166851

    Buy the Ebook:

    About The Hercules Text

    The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the national bestselling author of Coming Home—now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. 

    From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular…artificial. It can only be a code.

    Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican…

    About The Hercules Text

    The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the national bestselling author of Coming Home—now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. 

    From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular…artificial. It can only be a code.

    Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican…

    Read An Excerpt

    Read An Excerpt

    Also by Jack McDevitt

    Thunderbird
    Coming Home
    Starhawk
    The Cassandra Project
    Firebird
    See all books by Jack McDevitt

    Also by Jack McDevitt

    Thunderbird
    Coming Home
    Starhawk
    The Cassandra Project
    Firebird
    See all books by Jack McDevitt

    About Jack McDevitt

    Jack McDevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. He is a multiple Nebula Award winner and finalist who lives in Georgia with his wife Maureen.

    About Jack McDevitt

    Jack McDevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. He is a multiple Nebula Award winner and finalist who lives in Georgia with his wife Maureen.

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ace
    Apr 28, 2015 | 368 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780425276013

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Ace
    Apr 28, 2015 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780698166851

    People Who Read The Hercules Text Also Read

    ‹ ›
    Salvation Lost
    Relic
    The Massacre of Mankind
    Stars Uncharted
    Defiant
    The Name of the Wind: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
    The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
    Poseidon's Wake
    Dark Lightning
    Deadeye
    V-S Day
    Heaven's Fall
    Red Planet Blues
    Earthbound
    Betrayer
    Lord of the Flies Centenary Edition
    Liberating Atlantis
    Dracula
    The Sword of the Lady
    Winter Duty
    Turn Coat
    In the Courts of the Sun
    Strength and Honor
    The Last Theorem
    Saturn's Children
    Daemons Are Forever
    The Ark Sakura
    The Angel Maker
    The Clone Elite
    Kris Longknife: Intrepid
    Strangers in Death
    Bloody Bones
    Warrior
    The Lost Fleet: Valiant
    The Heart of Valor
    Whitechapel Gods
    Iron Kissed
    Twilight Eyes
    Cybermancy
    The War of the Worlds
    Silver Master
    Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition)
    Lost in Translation
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    Earth

    Inspired by Your Browsing History

    Praise

    “The logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.”—Stephen King

    “The Hercules Text is much more than a knowledgeable scientific mystery; it is simply the most thoughtful and engaging first-contact story I have ever read.”—Paul Preuss, author of Secret Passages

    “A good read…Delightful.”—Gregory Benford, Nebula Award–winning coauthor of Shipstar

    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Brightly

    Raise kids who love to read
    TASTE img

    TASTE

    An online magazine for today’s home cook

    LitFlash

    The eBooks you want at the lowest prices

    Read it Forward

    Read it first. Pass it on!