Cosmonaut Keep
Book 1 of Engines of Light
Language: English
6 of 2002 Locus Award for Best SF Novel Fiction High Tech Human-Alien Encounters Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Life on Other Planets Nomination of 2001 Clarke Award for Shortlist Novel Science Fiction Space Opera Space colonies _isfdb hugo award for best novel finalist sub-light speed
Publisher: Orbit
Published: Nov 2, 2000
Description:
When Alexander Cairns made his fortune, he did some gambling - financing interstallar probes to look for other life forms. Now his son has discovered that one of them has sent back evidence of alien intelligence, and a space ark financed by a rival family is obliviously approaching the area.