Night Train to Rigel (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
394
Utgivningsdatum
2015-12-08
Förlag
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
203 x 135 x 23 mm
Vikt
409 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
34:B&W 5.25 x 8 in or 203 x 133mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781504027342

Night Train to Rigel

av Timothy Zahn
Häftad,  Engelska, 2015-12-08
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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 galaxys twelve inhabited empires. The discovery of a sinister plot to use the Quadrail for ill has brought the Spiders to Comptonfor only someone possessing the former agents unique skills can stop the scheme for good. But when Compton leaves Earth behindjoining forces with Bayta, the Spiders beautiful, half-human representative aboard the Quadrailthe 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 Awardwinning author of Blackcollar and many New York Timesbestselling Star Wars novels, Night Train to Rigel is an action-packed great read (Booklist).
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"Tim Zahn's Night Train to Rigel is SF adventure in the classic mode. Have fun!" "Tim Zahn's "Night Train to Rigel "is SF adventure in the classic mode. Have fun!" " A highly readable thriller in space-opera trappings. A great read." --"Booklist" on "Night Train to Rigel" " It's always a pleasure to sit down and start a new book, and discover some time later that you've turned the last page without taking a break. This new SF adventure story by one of the most reliable writers in the genre grabbed me in the opening chapter and never relinquished its grip." --"Chronicle" on "Night Train to Rigel""" "Tim Zahn's "Night Train to Rigel "is SF adventure in the classic mode. Have fun!" --"Analog "on "Night Train to Rigel" "A highly readable thriller in space-opera trappings. A great read." --"Booklist" on "Night Train to Rigel" "It's always a pleasure to sit down and start a new book, and discover some time later that you've turned the last page without taking a break. This new SF adventure story by one of the most reliable writers in the genre grabbed me in the opening chapter and never relinquished its grip." --"Chronicle" on "Night Train to Rigel""" "Tim Zahn's "Night Train to Rigel "is SF adventure in the classic mode. Have fun!" --"Analog "on "Night Train to Rigel"

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Timothy Zahn is the New York Timesbestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn also wrote the Cobra series and the young adult Dragonback seriesthe first novel of which, Dragon and Thief, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Zahn currently resides in Oregon with his family.

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