Heechee Rendezvous is a science fiction novel by the American writer Frederik Pohl, published in 1984 by the Del Rey imprint of Ballantine Books.
It has been cataloged as the third book in a six-book series called Heechee[2] or The Heechee Saga[4] (the Heechee are a fictional alien race that use advanced technology, created by Pohl) but Kirkus reviewed it as completing a trilogy[5] and a German-language edition of the three books was published as the Gateway trilogy (Die Gateway-Trilogie, Munich: Heyne Verlag, 2004) after all six were out.
At the same time, a madman named Wan attempts to search for his father within black holes, using stolen equipment and a Heechee ship.
Wan's probing is noticed by a sentient race of slow-moving creatures who inform a Heechee patrol that is sent out of their black hole to observe the galaxy.
The journeys of these past and future friends of Robinette begin to converge, and in the end, humans finally meet the Heechee race.