bA fascinating plunge into a new world. I loved the idea of the SETI Library on the moon. Chasing wormholes is also a wild ride! --Jack McDevitt, bestselling author of iOctavia Goneib pbiShadows of Eternityibb is legendary author Gregory Benford's return to interstellar science fiction as a discovery within the SETI library on the moon turns out to be deadly.b piShadows of Eternityi is a novel set two centuries from now. Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. pRuth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds--who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination--and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it. pGregory Benford is one of science fiction's iconic writers, having been nominated for four Hugo Awards and twelve Nebula Awards. iShadows of Eternityi