Timothy Zahn
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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 running smoothly, and contracted ex-security agent Frank Compton to protect its integrity....
The Chahwyn created the Spiders to keep their intra-galactic transportation system, the Quadrail, safe and running smoothly, and contracted ex-security agent Frank Compton to protect its integrity....
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Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.
4) Odd girl out
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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 aboard the Quadrail on his continuing mission to prevent the Modhri group mind from ruling...
Frank Compton is glad he’s finally back on his home planet of Earth—galaxy-hopping aboard the Quadrail on his continuing mission to prevent the Modhri group mind from ruling...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Former agent Frank Compton races across the galaxy to prevent an evil group mind from acquiring powerful alien artifacts in the action-packed second installment of the Quadrail series from Hugo Award–winning author Timothy Zahn
Frank Compton saved the universe once—and for that he must die. Having temporarily stalled the Modhri, a sinister alien group intelligence, in its evil schemes for universal domination, the former Western...
Frank Compton saved the universe once—and for that he must die. Having temporarily stalled the Modhri, a sinister alien group intelligence, in its evil schemes for universal domination, the former Western...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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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...
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...
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Star Wars novels. Hand of judgement volume 1
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Del Rey
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Luke Skywalker is learning about the Force while Han Solo struggles with the decision to join the Rebel Alliance, Leia helps run the rebellion while dealing with her feelings for Han, and Mara Jade is doing the Emperor's dirty work.
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[2019]
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English
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"If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance." Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire's most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive. Now, as Thrawn's TIE defender program is halted in favor of...
10) Chaos rising
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[2020]
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English
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Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.
11) Manta's gift
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English
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"A gripping first-contact adventure for fans of James Cameron's Avatar from the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of the Star Wars: Thrawn series. At twenty-two, hotshot Matthew Raimey has his whole life ahead of him, but a tragic accident quickly changes everything. He's left feeling hopeless-until he receives a proposition to be part of a new project for SkyLight International: Project Changeling. It's not the easiest transition, but eventually...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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"Hitchcock meets Serling in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a young couple and alien races from a #1 New York Times -bestselling author. After engaging in bloody warfare against each other, two alien races-the Greens and the Grays-take refuge on Earth, both believing their home and their enemy destroyed. For seventy-five years, they have been passing as humans, living peacefully-until each side discovers the other has survived. Now, in order...
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Dragonback volume 1
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Tor
Pub. Date
c2003
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1st ed.
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
254 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
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1 v. (paging varies) ; 24 cm.
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English
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It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starlfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away.
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
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376 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord--Grand Admiral Thrawn--has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic's destruction. With the aid of unimaginable weapons long hidden away by the Emperor on a backwater planet, Thrawn plans to turn the tide of battle, overwhelm the New Republic, and impose his iron rule throughout the galaxy. Meanwhile, Han and Lando Calrissian race...
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Star Wars novels. Hand of judgement volume 2
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Del Rey/Ballantine
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
366 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca head for Candoras Sector to evaluate an alliance proposed by the governor that would provide the rebels a new base, while Mara Jade and five renegade stormtroopers also head for Candoras to smash the rebels.
19) The Icarus hunt
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Icarus saga volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
362 p.
Language
English
20) Cobra alliance
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Cobra war volume 1
Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 24 cm.
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English