Book 1

Night Train to Rigel

by Timothy Zahn

Published 15 September 2005
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,...Read more

Book 2

Third Lynx

by Timothy Zahn

Published 30 October 2007
Former government agent Frank Compton had foiled a plot to enslave the galaxy in "Night Train to Rigel." In this sequel, Compton goes up against the Modhri, an ancient telepathically linked intelligence waging a secret war against the galactic civilizations linked by the Quadrail, the only means of intra-galactic...Read more

Book 3

Odd Girl Out

by Timothy Zahn

Published 11 November 2008
Ex-government agent Frank Compton must keep an extraordinary little girl safe from the malevolent group intelligence seeking to enslave the universe in the explosive third installment of Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn's Quadrail series

Frank Compton is glad he's finally back on his home planet of Earth-galaxy-hopping...Read more

Book 4

The Domino Pattern

by Timothy Zahn

Published 5 January 2010
Ex-government agent Frank Compton must halt a murderous plague that threatens to turn the galaxy-spanning Quadrail into a ghost train in the fourth installment of Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn's acclaimed Quadrail series

The Chahwyn created the Spiders to keep their intra-galactic transportation system, the Quadrail, safe and...Read more

Book 5

Judgment at Proteus

by Timothy Zahn

Published 5 June 2012
Frank Compton must join forces with his most feared enemies to defeat an ancient civilizations-devouring malevolence in the final installment of Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn's Quadrail series

A dozen sentient species occupy the galaxy, and the Quadrail connects them all. Arriving at Proteus Station under a cloud...Read more


The Quadrail Series Books 1-3

by Timothy Zahn

Published 28 November 2017