History Creator / JackMcDevitt

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He has two extended series of novels: the ''Literature/AlexBenedict'' series about the titular antiquities dealer/investigator and his pilot and business partner, Chase Kolpath, and the Literature/PriscillaHutchins series about a pilot who works for a xeno-archeology Academy (they investigate alien ruins). He also has about a half-dozen standalone novels covering subjects ranging from FirstContact to AfterTheEnd.

** ''Literature/ATalentForWar''
** ''{{Literature/Polaris}}''
** ''{{Literature/Seeker}}''
** ''[[Literature/TheDevilsEye The Devil's Eye]]''
** ''{{Literature/Echo}}''
** ''{{Literature/Firebird}}''
** ''Literature/ComingHome''

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** ''Literature/TheEnginesOfGod''
** ''{{Literature/Deepsix}}''
** ''{{Literature/Chindi}}''
** ''{{Literature/Omega}}''
** ''{{Literature/Odyssey}}''

** ''{{Literature/Starhawk}}''

* SignatureStyle: A decades-old mystery revolving around someone suddenly acting in a way contrary their entire life's work.

** ''{{Literature/Cauldron}}''

!! Works:

!! Tropes used in his works:

He has two extended series of novels: the ''Literature/AlexBenedict'' series about the titular antiquities dealer/investigator and his pilot and business partner, Chase Kolpath, and the ''Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins'' series about a pilot who works for a xeno-archeology Academy (they investigate alien ruins). He also has about a half-dozen standalone novels covering subjects ranging from FirstContact to AfterTheEnd.

** ''Literatrue/ATalentForWar''

!! Works with a page on this wiki:

* The ''Literature/AlexBenedict'' series: ''A Talent for War'', ''Polaris'', ''Seeker'', ''The Devil's Eye'', ''Echo'', ''Firebird'', ''Coming Home''

* The ''Literature/PriscillaHutchins'' series (aka ''The Academy Novels''): ''The Engines of God'', ''Deepsix'', ''Chindi'', ''Omega'', ''Odyssey'', ''Cauldron'', ''Starhawk''

!! Selected other works
* ''Ancient Shores''
* ''The Hercules Text''
* ''Moonfall''
* ''Time Travelers Never Die''

!! Tropes in his other works:

Jack [=McDevitt=] is an American ScienceFiction writer, known for mixing future-archeology in with his SF.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: He really likes to do this before killing off any vaguely important characters. When he starts talking about how one character will think back to this moment, later, it's often because it's the last time they'll see another character alive. He's deliberately not very subtle about it.

!! Works by Jack [=McDevitt=]

* ''Ancient Shores''

* ''The Hercules Text''

* ''Moonfall''

!! Tropes in his works:

* FutureImperfect: In ''Eternity Road'', a future civilization studies the religious monuments of the past. Highways. They must have been of great spiritual significance, because the ancestors built them everywhere. They even call our civilization the "Roadmakers".
* NeverFoundTheBody: ''Eternity Road'' initially looks like it's heading for an EverybodyLives ending, so this trope is used after the first [[MoodWhiplash sudden death during a lighthearted section]]. The second such death--not so much.
* RetroactivePreparation: ''Time Travelers Never Die'' makes extensive use of this principle.
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: ''Eternity Road'' has this in its title--we're remembered as the "Roadmakers," because our highways are just about the only things we left behind.

* ''Eternity Road''

* The ''Literature/PriscillaHutchins'' series (aka ''The Academy Novels''): ''The Engines of God'', ''Deepsix'', ''Chindi'', ''Omega'', ''Odyssey'', ''Cauldron'', ''[=StarHawk=]''