Octavia Gone - Alex Benedict, Bk 8 Author:Jack McDevitt After being lost in space for eleven years, Gabe has returned, and is trying to find a new life for himself after being presumed dead -- just as Alex and Chase are relearning how to live and work with him. But when a seemingly alien artifact goes missing from Gabe’s old collection, a mystery is uncovered concerning its origins and it grant... more »s everyone an opportunity to dive into solving it as a team, once again.
When a lead on the artifact is tied to a dead pilot’s sole unrecorded trip, another clue leads to one of the greatest mysteries of the age: the infamous disappearance of a team of scientists aboard a space station orbiting a black hole -- the Amelia Earhart of their time. With any luck, Alex, Chase, and Gabe may be on the trail of the greatest archaeological discovery of their careers.« less
I give it just a little above average, although I do still like the characters and think McDevitt has some more stories to tell. There will be a more detailed review in the PBS blog, September 2022.