Night Train to Rigel by Timothy Zahn

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The Quadrail transportation system run by the enigmatic Spiders connects civilizations throughout the galaxy. But someone is threatening the entire system. Frank Compton, a sharp investigator, lost his job. But now, enlisted by the Spiders to find out who's trying to take over the Quadrail, he's got his hands full.

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Night Train to Rigel by Timothy Zahn

More than two hundred years from now, the Quadrail transportation system run by the enigmatic Spiders connects civilizations throughout the galaxy. But someone is threatening the entire system and the worlds it serves with a military force that could wreak interstellar havoc. Frank Compton, a sharp investigator, lost his job with Earth's security forces when he exposed a corrupt scheme that had roots in high places. Enlisted by the Spiders to find out who's trying to take over the Quadrail, he's got his hands full. Beings of many races are gunning for him, trying to keep him from discovering a far-flung conspiracy that could destroy every civilization in the galaxy.
"A high readable thriller in space-opera trappingsA great read." - Booklist."
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.
SKU CIN0765346443G
ISBN 13 9780765346445
ISBN 10 0765346443
Title Night Train to Rigel
Author Timothy Zahn
Condition Good
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher St Martin's Press
Year published 2006-10-01
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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