Night Train to Rigel

Quadrail, Book 1

De: Timothy Zahn

Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins

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 galaxy's twelve inhabited empires. The discovery of a sinister plot to use the Quadrail for ill has brought the Spiders to Compton—for only someone possessing the former agent's unique skills can stop the scheme for good.

But when Compton leaves Earth behind—joining forces with Bayta, the Spiders' beautiful, half-human representative aboard the Quadrail—the 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.

©2005 Timothy Zahn (P)2025 Tantor Media

Nighi Train Review

Like: Zahn’s noir style is great.
Dislike:The reader is too formal. A story like this needs a more casual style.

Well-told sci-fi mystery

An intriguing tale about about a loner hired by a mysterious alien race, which controls the primary transportation network in the galaxy, to uncover what they suspect are efforts to start an armed conflict that would target their species.

Great series

I have loved this series for a long time. I was thrilled to see the audio books. I found reader is fine as long as I sped up the reading. I personally preferred it at about 1.1. He is a bit slow in the narration and speeding it up helped a great deal.

Sci-Fi meets Agatha Christie

The synopsis of the book posted on Audible seemed a little cheesy. I might have passed it by if it hadn't been that this author is one of my favorites. As it happened, I was glad I'd taken the chance. The story was better than expected, although the reader is kind of annoying, almost robotic in his tone and cadence.

Absolutely Fantastic

It took me a little to get into it but once I did, I couldn't get enough. This is a fantastic series mixing mystery, suspense, and space. I've finished the series and wish there was more. Excellent story and the narration was well done.