| Border: | yes |
| Cover Artist: | Edwin Herder |
| Chindi | |
| Author: | Jack McDevitt |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins |
| Genre: | Science fiction, mystery |
| Release Date: | July 2002 (Hardcover edition) |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
| Pages: | 528 (October 28, 2003, paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-441-01102-0 |
| Isbn Note: | (Paperback) |
| Oclc: | 53706568 |
| Preceded By: | Deepsix |
| Followed By: | Omega |
Chindi is a 2002 science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt of starship pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins series.[1]
Alien stealth satellites have been discovered orbiting various habitable planets (eventually including Earth) across space. The Contact Society, a group of rich alien enthusiasts, set out in a brand new superluminal, with Hutch as captain, in search of the source of the strange satellites. As they travel they find a species of sentient spider-like beings who destroyed themselves in a nuclear war, a species of avian beings who look beautiful but are really savages, and a technically advanced alien retreat on an artificial moon. Then Chindi is discovered. A giant asteroid ship, almost 16 km (9.9 miles) long, it seems to have no reasonable use; but when they enter it, they begin to discover its true purpose.