2061: Odyssey Three Novel by Arthur C. Clarke

Summary: 

*2061: Odyssey Three* by Arthur C. Clarke is the third book in the *Space Odyssey* series, following *2010: Odyssey Two*. Set sixty years after the events of *2001: A Space Odyssey*, the story follows Dr. Heywood Floyd, now in his 100s, as he embarks on a journey aboard the spaceship *Universe* to explore Halley's Comet, which has returned to the inner solar system.

During the mission, a crisis unfolds when the spaceship *Galaxy*, carrying a group of researchers, crash-lands on Europa—a forbidden moon due to the mysterious alien intelligence inhabiting it. *Universe* must undertake a rescue mission, but their efforts are complicated by the dangers posed by Europa and the monoliths' enigmatic power. Clarke's novel combines thrilling space exploration with themes of alien intelligence, evolution, and humanity’s place in a universe filled with vast unknowns.