Engines of God (1994), (book 1) Deepsix (2001), (book 2) Chindi (2002), (book 3) Omega (2003), (book 4), Odyssey (2006), (book 5), Cauldron (2007), (book 6) The Long Sunset (2018), (book 7), The short stories "Melville on Iapetus" (1983), "Promises to Keep" (1984), "Oculus" (2002), "The Big Downtown" (2005), "Kaminsky at War" (2006), "Maiden Voyage" (2012), "Waiting at the Altar" (2012), and "The Cat's Pajamas" (2012) are also set in the Academy universe. Alex Benedict A Talent for War (1989) (also published as part of Hello Out There) Polaris (2004), Seeker (2005) - winner of Nebula Award for Best Novel, The Devil's Eye (2008), Echo (2010), Firebird (November 1, 2011), Coming Home (November 4, 2014), Octavia Gone (May 7, 2019), Village in the Sky (Gallery Publishing Group/Saga Press, January 31, 2023), The short stories "In the Tower" (1987) and "A Voice in the Night" (2013) are also set in the Alex Benedict universe. Ancient Shores Ancient Shores (1996) Thunderbird (2015) Doorway to the Stars (scheduled for a 2023 release) Short fiction Collections Standard Candles (Tachyon Publications, 1996) Hello Out There (Meisha Merlin, 2000) (omnibus edition of A Talent for War and a revised The Hercules Text) Ships in the Night (AAB, 2005) Outbound (ISFiC Press, 2006), Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, February 2009), A Voice in the Night (Subterranean Press, August 2018), Return to Glory (Subterranean Press, October 2022) List of stories "The Far Shore" (1982) "Black to Move" (1982) "Crossing Over" (1983) "The Jersey Rifle" (1983) "Cryptic" (1983) "Melville on Iapetus" (1983) - set in the Academy universe "Translations from the Colosian" (1984) "Promises to Keep" (1984) - set in the Academy universe "Tidal Effects" (1985) "Voice in the Dark" (1986) "Combinations" (1986) "Dutchman" (1987) - later re-worked as the full-length novel A Talent for War "In the Tower" (1987) - takes place in the same universe as the Alex Benedict novels "To Hell with the Stars" (1987) "Sunrise" (1988) - a modified version of Chapter 15 of the full-length novel A Talent for War "Last Contact" (1988) "The Fort Moxie Branch" (1988) "Whistle" (1989) "Leap of Faith" (1989) "Time's Arrow" (1989) - originally published as "Hard Landings" "Tracks" (1989) "It's a Long Way to Alpha Centauri" (1990) "Happy Birthday" (1990) - with Mark L. Van Name, a prose story in The Further Adventures of The Joker "Tyger" (1991) "Date with Destiny" (1991) "Lake