The Icarus Hunt: A NovelFrom Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars® series, comes an original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history. Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for him, the iron-fisted authority of the powerful Patthaaunutth controls virtually every aspect of galactic shipping. In order to survive, Jordan ekes out a living dabbling in interstellar smuggling for outlaw concerns that represent the last vestiges of free trade in the galaxy. So when Jordan and his partner, Ixil--an alien with two ferret-like "outhunters" linked to his neural system--are hired by a mysterious gentleman to fly a ship and its special cargo to Earth, they jump at the job. Caution has never been one of Jordan's strong suits. But this time he may have taken on more than even he can handle. The ship, Icarus, turns out to be a ramshackle hulk, the ragtag crew literally picked up off the street, and the cargo so secret, it's sealed in a special container that takes up most of the cramped and ill-designed ship. As if that weren't bad enough, it looks like the authorities already suspect something is afoot, there's a saboteur aboard, and the Icarus appears to be shaking apart at the seams. It doesn't seem as if things could get any worse. That is, until a beautiful crew member helps McKell uncover the true nature of the cargo he's carrying. With his enemies closing in on the lumbering Icarus, the unknown saboteur still aboard, and authorities on Earth pressured to turn them in, McKell and Ixil become fugitives. Their only chance is to stay one step ahead of their pursuers as they try to make it home. A bold and epic novel filled with unrelenting action and a good dose of humor, The Icarus Hunt is a wild hyperspace romp through the galaxy. |
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... hull/spacewalk, and medical.” “I see you're well versed in the Mercantile Code." “Part of my job," I said. “As I said, I can cover nav and piloting. How many of the rest are you missing?" He smiled crookedly. “Why? You have some friends ...
... hull/spacewalk, and medical.” “I see you're well versed in the Mercantile Code." “Part of my job," I said. “As I said, I can cover nav and piloting. How many of the rest are you missing?" He smiled crookedly. “Why? You have some friends ...
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... hull plates as the nose cone. The usual assortment of maneuvering vents were scattered around its surface, connecting aft to the ship's main thrusters via a series of conduits running through the narrow space between the inner and outer ...
... hull plates as the nose cone. The usual assortment of maneuvering vents were scattered around its surface, connecting aft to the ship's main thrusters via a series of conduits running through the narrow space between the inner and outer ...
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... hull integrity in vacuum and bulged outward in two places, or else some strange metallic creature that had become pregnant with twins, one of them a definite runt. I hadn't been expecting something sleek and impressive, but this was ...
... hull integrity in vacuum and bulged outward in two places, or else some strange metallic creature that had become pregnant with twins, one of them a definite runt. I hadn't been expecting something sleek and impressive, but this was ...
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... hull plates did indeed look like they'd been fastened on by ]ones's semitrained chimps. But for all the cosmetic sloppiness, they seemed solid enough. I rounded the thruster nozzles-— which looked more professionally installed than the hull ...
... hull plates did indeed look like they'd been fastened on by ]ones's semitrained chimps. But for all the cosmetic sloppiness, they seemed solid enough. I rounded the thruster nozzles-— which looked more professionally installed than the hull ...
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A Novel Timothy Zahn. along the side of the hull, squinting in the glare of the rising sun, I could see what looked like four more pairs of the slots rising in a vertical line to the top of the engine section. I mulled at it for a moment ...
A Novel Timothy Zahn. along the side of the hull, squinting in the glare of the rising sun, I could see what looked like four more pairs of the slots rising in a vertical line to the top of the engine section. I mulled at it for a moment ...
Contents
Section 14 | 280 |
Section 15 | 301 |
Section 16 | 317 |
Section 17 | 330 |
Section 18 | 345 |
Section 19 | 363 |
Section 20 | 376 |
Section 21 | 395 |
Section 9 | 168 |
Section 10 | 196 |
Section 11 | 223 |
Section 12 | 250 |
Section 13 | 263 |
Section 22 | 408 |
Section 23 | 418 |
Section 24 | 432 |
Section 25 | 450 |
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