The Hercules Text

Spine slightly slanted, well creased, a little edge wear and rubbing, two dates written inside front cover. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; In 1984 Ace started publishing "The New Ace Science Fiction Specials" series, which was edited by Terry Carr and would be first novels by new authors. This book is number 7 in that series, a paperback original, and is the first published novel by Jack McDevitt. Introduction by Terry Carr. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 307 pages; "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 comunication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world - from Wall Street to the Vatican. ".