- Science fiction, Murder mystery, Adventure stories, Fantasy
Jordan McKell is a freighter pilot who takes on the job of flying an unusual spaceship to Earth while trying to avoid detection by the Patth, keeping his mob boss happy, and solving a murder mystery. This book is a good mix of mystery, sci-fi, action, adventure and humor. Each chapter pulls you to the next.
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Classical in form, contemporary, unpretentious and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Timothy Zahn
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 410
- Publisher
- Spectra/Bantam Books, Bantam Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553573916
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Timothy Zahn (born Chicago, Illinois) is a writer of science fiction short stories and novels. His novella Cascade Point won the 1984 Hugo award. He is known for three Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, called the Thrawn Trilogy, which takes place after Return of the Jedi. He also wrote the young adult Dragonback series and the popular Conquerors' Trilogy.
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