About the book: 2003 / Jack McDevitt. His novels do not receive prestigious awards, but they are always interesting to read. These are the same classics of adventure fiction that we return to again and again new generations of readers are appealing. The Message of Hercules is McDevitt's debut novel, which received the Philip K. Dick Award. The story of the message of a disappeared alien race, its decoding, its influence on the fate of the world. It's more like "Voice of Heaven" than "Andromeda"».