The Icarus Job

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HOPING TO TAKE POSSESSION OF A NEW ALIEN STAR-HOPPING PORTAL, ROARKE AND SELENCE ARE TASKED WITH TRANSPORTING AN ASSASSIN, WHO IS HERSELF BEING TARGETED.

For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene worked as crocketts, combing through the atmospheres of uninhabited worlds for places that might be colonized or hold valuable resources. Now, they work for the Icarus Group, a top-secret government organization hunting for portals created by a long-vanished alien race, portals that can teleport a person hundreds or thousands of light-years in the blink of an eye.

Usually, those hunts are long and tedious. But Roarke has now been handed an intriguing offer. A criminal boss, Robertine Cherno, will hand over a hitherto unknown portal to the Icarus Group in exchange for Roarke and Selene agreeing to transport a passenger named Nikki across the Spiral.

Theres only one catch. Nikki is a professional, high-priced, highly feared assassin. And shes on the job.

That would have been bad enough. But when the alien Patth also move to gain possession of the portal, bad quickly promises to go to worse.

Especially when it becomes clear that Nikki herself is being hunted by someone.

Its up to Roarke and Selene to untangle the mysteries and get to the truth before they become someones collateral damage.

Reviews

Praise forThe Icarus Plot:

This is Zahn at his bestgreat characters and settings, great worldbuilding, great suspense, and just a ton of action and space opera funIts also a passion project for the author, so if you enjoy Zahn, its not to be missed. Analog SF&F

There are plenty of little things to delight the longtime Zahn reader, while also bringing new fans in a way that is perfectly accessibleZahn remains one of the best writers of action I have ever had the pleasure of readingThe Icarus Plotis pure fun in the way that only one of the genres greatest yarn-weavers can do. Warped Factor

Timothy Zahn is a mainstay in the field of science fiction. Seattle Book Review

Anyone who has ever been interested in noir science fiction and espionage should read this. Take the espionage of John le Carre, the deduction of Sherlock Holmes, the twisty nature ofThe Sting, and you haveThe Icarus Plot. Upstream Reviews
Praise for Timothy Zahn:

Zahn fans will enjoy the variety of small-unit combat scenes in the action-packed third and final Cobra Rebellion military SF adventure[a] gripping series. Publishers Weekly

Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining excitement. Publishers Weekly

you can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick, entertaining sci-fi novel. BlogCritics

[Conquerors Heritage] is another finely wrought space adventure[with] social, political, and emotional complications, all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill. Booklist

Zahn paints every detail [inAngelmass] with gleamy realismscientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talkimmensely appealing. Kirkus Review

Author Bio

Timothy Zahn is a Hugo Award winner and the author of the New YorkTimes #1 bestseller,Heir to the Empire, as well as the best-selling StarWars: Thrawn series of novels. Born in Chicago, he earned a B.S. inphysics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. He sold his first story to Analog in 1978and immediatelyattracted attention as a new writer of science fiction based on real,cutting-edge science. Baen published his popular Cobra trilogy in onevolume. His other popular series include the Conqueror and Dragonbacknovels. With David Weber and Thomas Pope, he is the author of novelsA Call to Duty, A Call to Arms, A Call to Vengeance, and A Call toInsurrection. Zahn has written more than 50 novels, including the recentCobra Rebellion series entries Cobra Outlaw and Cobra Traitor.