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Chindi (novel)

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Chindi
First edition
AuthorJack McDevitt
Cover artistEdwin Herder
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAcademy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins
GenreScience fiction, mystery
PublisherAce Books
Publication date
July 2002 (Hardcover edition)
Media typePrint (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages528 (October 28, 2003, paperback)
ISBN0-441-01102-0 (Paperback)
OCLC53706568
Preceded byDeepsix 
Followed byOmega 

Chindi is a 2002 science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt of starship pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins series.[1]

Plot overview

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Alien stealth satellites have been discovered orbiting various habitable planets (eventually including Earth) across space. The Contact Society, a group of rich alien enthusiasts, set out in a brand new superluminal, with Hutch as captain, in search of the source of the strange satellites. As they travel they find a species of sentient spider-like beings who destroyed themselves in a nuclear war, a species of avian beings who look beautiful but are really savages, and a technically advanced alien retreat on an artificial moon. Then Chindi is discovered. A giant asteroid ship, almost 16 km (9.9 miles) long, it seems to have no reasonable use; but when they enter it, they begin to discover its true purpose.

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