عنوان

Night train to Rigel /

(Number (ISBN

0765307162

(Number (ISBN

0765346443

(Number (ISBN

9780765307163

(Number (ISBN

9780765346445

Number

b766488

Title Proper

Night train to Rigel /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Timothy Zahn.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Tor,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

349 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Text of Note

When the Quadrail transportation system that connects the galaxy's worlds is threatened by a dangerous military force and a race of addictive coral producers, unemployed investigator Compton is enlisted to prevent the system's takeover. It all starts when a man comes to deliver a message to Frank Compton--only to fall dead at his feet. What follows is a suspenseful thriller that only Timothy Zahn, a master of hard SF adventure, could have written. 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. Worse yet, a more subtle and sinister threat lurks: the Modhri, whose unique coral is prized throughout the galaxy, but which has properties that may create addiction--or worse. 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, because he's got beings of many races gunning for him to keep him from discovering a far-flung conspiracy that could destroy every civilization in the galaxy.

Conspiracies, Fiction.

Government investigators, Fiction.

Interplanetary voyages, Fiction.

Railroad travel, Fiction.

Aliens, Fiction.

Space warfare, Fiction.

Weapons, Fiction.

Conspiracies.

Government investigators, Fiction.

Government investigators.

Interplanetary voyages, Fiction.

Interplanetary voyages.

Political crimes and offenses, Fiction.

Railroad travel, Fiction.

Railroad travel.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Zahn, Timothy.

Date of Transaction

20201206114735.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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