{"product_id":"infinity-beach-9780061051234","title":"Infinity Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are alone. That is the verdict  after centuries of SETI searches and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe are found on the Nine Worlds settled by Earthlings  and the starships that knit them together. No life has been found. No intelligent aliens  no strange ecologies  no awesome civilizations. Not even an amoeba  a lichen  a germ. The Universe is as sterile as a laboratory that was used only once. Or so it seems  until Dr. Kimberly Brandywine undertakes to find out what happened to her sister (and clone) Emily  who  after the final  unsuccessful manned SETI expedition  disappeared along with four others--one of them a famous war hero. But they were not the only ones to vanish: so did an entire village  destroyed by a still-unexplained explosion. Following a few ominous clues (including a model of a starship that never existed) Kim discovers that the log of the ill-fated Hunter was faked. Something happened  out there in the darkness between the stars. Someone was murdered--and something was brought back. Something that still leaves ghostly traces in the night. Kim is prepared to go to any length to find out the truth  even if it means giving up her career with Beacon  the most colossal--and controversial--of all the SETI projects. Even if it means stealing a starship. Even if it means giving up her only love. Kim is about to discover the answer to lifes oldest question. And shes going to like the answer even less than she imagines. With his trademark ingenuity  scientific audacity  and narrative energy  Jack McDevitt has penned a mystery in which humankind is the detective--and the universe itself is the corpse. Infinity Beach takes us into the strange  yet strangely familiar  civilization of our own far future--and into the heart of a bold woman whose search for her familys secret leads her to the greatest discovery of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279884247093,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061051233","price":62.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061051234.jpg?v=1780615243","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/infinity-beach-9780061051234","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}