02045cam a2200301 4500 296101590 TxAuBib 20151214120000.0 150622s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015023789 9780425279199 0425279197 TxAuBib McDevitt, Jack, 1935- Thunderbird [BOOK] / by Jack McDevitt. First edition. New York, NY : Ace Books, [2015] 368 pages ; 24 cm. Ancient shores ; 2 The Nebula Award-winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic. A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden ; (2) a strange maze of underground passageways; or (3) a space station with a view of a galaxy that appears to be the Milky Way. The race to explore and claim the stargate quickly escalates, and those involved divide into opposing camps who view the teleportation technology either as an unprecedented opportunity for scientific research or a disastrous threat to national--if not planetary--security. In the middle of the maelstrom stands Sioux chairman James Walker. One thing is for certain: questions about what the stargate means for humanity's role in the galaxy cannot be ignored. Especially since travel through the stargate isn't necessarily only one way... 20151214. Interplanetary voyages Fiction. Teleportation Fiction. Dakota Indians Fiction. Life on other planets Fiction. Science fiction. Ancient shores ; 2.