A review of "Seeker" by Jack McDevitt

Near the end of the twenty-seventh century, at the dawn of the interstellar age, two ships set out with a group of pioneers to establish a remote colony that they had named Margolia. The two ships were the Bremerhaven and the Seeker. The 5,000 voyagers and the colony known as Margolia then disappeared from recorded history.

9,600 years later, Margolia has become the stuff of legends and has attained the status of the lost civilization of Atlantis. Antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his associate Chase Kolpath become involved when they're presented with a cup that turns out to be from the Seeker, and is over 9,000 years old. While conducting an investigation of the cup's provenance, Alex and Chase follow a long trail of clues that eventually leads to the discovery of the Seeker itself. But the mystery only deepens as they pursue leads to try and uncover the location of Margolia and discover the fate of the colonists. And with every additional step they take, Alex and Chase are drawn ever deeper into the mystery of Margolia and into the very heart of danger.

Seeker is the third book in the Alex Benedict series, and won the 2007 Nebula award. The next book in the series, "The Devil's Eye", is scheduled for publication in November 2008.