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billmacrotarian
Feb 12, 2013billmacrotarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Firebird gets its title from the ballet by Stravinsky and is a solid entry in the Alex Benedict series. All novels are written in the first person with the narrator switched from Benedict to his assistant Chase Kolpath after the first novel. The formula is that antiques dealer Benedict investigates some ancient artefact and discovers a deeper truth. In all prior entries somebody tried to kill him to keep the secret. Firebird is a little different in that there are no human assassins after him although there is some death and destruction along the way. Firebird has some interesting topics in it in the same way that Patrick O’Brian used to include discussion items in his Jack Aubry series, although McDevitt doesn’t go into the same depth. Still Firebird is a hard science fiction novel and well worth a relaxing read.