Night Train to Rigel

Night Train to Rigel - Paperback

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Night Train to Rigel - Paperback

Night Train to Rigel - Paperback

by Timothy Zahn
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by Timothy Zahn (Author)

A secret agent aboard a galactic railroad must derail a sinister conspiracy in this "rip-roaring" thriller by the author of Star Wars: Thrawn (Publishers Weekly).

The universe is a dangerous place, a fact violently brought home to Frank Compton for perhaps the thousandth time when a stranger delivering a message dies right in front of him. An operative for Western Alliance Intelligence until his whistle-blowing activities got him fired, Compton is now being sought out by the Spiders, the robotic alien beings responsible for the upkeep and operation of the Quadrail transportation system, which connects the galaxy's twelve inhabited empires. The discovery of a sinister plot to use the Quadrail for ill has brought the Spiders to Compton--for only someone possessing the former agent's unique skills can stop the scheme for good.

But when Compton leaves Earth behind--joining forces with Bayta, the Spiders' beautiful, half-human representative aboard the Quadrail--the terrifying scope of a vast, galaxy-wide conspiracy begins to reveal itself. Targeted on all sides by alien assassins of every shape and species, Compton and his enigmatic new partner are suddenly in a race against a clock ticking down to an irreversible doomsday, one in which the galactic night train will derail, carrying all members of humanity screaming to their deaths.

The first in the Quadrail series from the Hugo Award-winning author of Blackcollar and many New York Times-bestselling Star Wars novels, Night Train to Rigel is an action-packed "great read" (Booklist).

Author Biography

Timothy Zahn is the "New York Times "best-sellling and Hugo award-winning author of nearly thirty original science fiction novels, among them "Dragon and Herdsman, "the fourth book of his Young Adult "Dragonback" series. He is also the author of "Heir to the Empire," the all-time bestselling "Star Wars" novel, and the recent "Star Wars: ""Outbound Flight. "He""and his family live in coastal Oregon.

Number of Pages: 394
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: December 08, 2015
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Night Train to Rigel
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 17
ISBN9781504027342
Author Timothy Zahn
PublisherOpen Road Media Science & Fantasy
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages394
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Timothy Zahn is the author of more than sixty novels, nearly ninety short stories and novelettes, and four short-fiction collections. In 1984, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novella. Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels (Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn: Treason, Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, Choices of One, and Scoundrels), with more than eight million copies of his books in print. Other books include StarCraft: Evolution, the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a BS in physics from Michigan State University and an MS from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.

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