Frank Compton used to be an agent for the security forces of Earth, but that was a piece of cake compared to what he's had to deal with working for the aliens who run the Quadrail, an interstellar transportation system connecting a dozen civilizations across the galaxy. He's been trying to end the domination of an alien lifeform called the Modhri/5(3). · Timothy Zahn is a gifted writer. His Quadrail series superbly combines science fiction and hard-boiled detective fiction. His mysteries are elegantly and fairly crafted. His characters are also well-crafted, even the villians. I am currently reading, and greatly enjoying, the fifth and final novel of the series, Judgement at Proteus/5(). Frank Compton used to be an agent for the security forces of Earth, but that was a piece of cake compared to what he’s had to deal with working for the aliens who run the Quadrail, an interstellar transportation system connecting a dozen civilizations across the galaxy. He’s been trying to end the domination of an alien lifeform called the Modhri.5/5(2).
The Domino Pattern is the fourth book in the Quadrail Series. Think Murder on the Orient Express meets aliens group mind (the Modhran) that wants to take over the galaxy, add a host of other aliens, a detective partnership made of up a human and a half human, and you have the books in the this series. The Domino Pattern (Quadrail series) by Timothy Zahn. chaos will come to the ordered universe. This tour de force from Hugo Award winner Timothy Zahn rockets the acclaimed Quadrail series to breathtaking new heights. The Domino Pattern is an ingenious amalgam of hard science fiction and locked-room murder mystery that would leave even the. The Domino Pattern (Quadrail)|Timothy Zahn, Henry the Fourth: Part I, (Shakespeare Quarto facsimiles)|William Shakespeare, { [ VOCABULARY OF LIES ] } Banks, Diann (AUTHOR) Jul Paperback|Diann Banks, Spook Spotting (Racers)|Mary Hooper.
The Domino Pattern () pages by Timothy Zahn. First book I've read in ages. A combination of things. The softball season started heating up, I was playing with my spreadsheets, the Michigan football team didn't totally suck (just the defense), my halogen lamp finally bit the dust and I needed to find a comfortable place to read that had some light, and the book I started didn't spark me. Frank Compton used to be an agent for the security forces of Earth, but that was a piece of cake compared to what he’s had to deal with working for the aliens who run the Quadrail, an interstellar transportation system connecting a dozen civilizations across the galaxy. TIMOTHY ZAHN is the Hugo Award–winning author of more than thirty SF novels, including Night Train to Rigel, The Third Lynx, Odd Girl Out, and the Dragonback sextet. He has also written Star Wars® novels, including the recent Allegiance. He lives in coastal Oregon.
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