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NineyearsafterthedisastrousDiscoverymissiontoJupiterin2001,ajointU.S.-Sovietexpeditionsetsouttorendezvouswiththederelictspacecraft,tosearchthememorybanksofthemutinouscomputerHAL9000forcluestowhatwentwrong...andwhatbecameofCommanderDaveBowman.Withoutwarning,aChineseexpeditiontargetsthesameobjective,turningtherecoverymissionintoafrenziedraceforthepreciousinformationDiscoverymayholdabouttheenigmaticmonoliththatorbitsJupiter.Meanwhile,thebeingthatwasonceDaveBowman--theonlyhumantounlockthemysteryofthemonolith--streakstowardEarthonavitalmissionofitsown...