Night Train to Rigel (Quadrail, #1)

by Timothy Zahn

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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 science fiction adventure, could have written. More than two hundred years from now, the Ouadrail transportation system run by the enigmatic Spiders connects civilizations throughout the galaxy. 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 Ouadrail, 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.
  • ISBN10 0765307162
  • ISBN13 9780765307163
  • Publish Date 1 October 2005 (first published 15 September 2005)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 13 December 2008
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Tor Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English