The Icarus Plot

Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307822435
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Icarus Hunt written by Timothy Zahn and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 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.

Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Baen Books
ISBN 13 : 1625798687
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Icarus Plot written by Timothy Zahn and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW SCIENCE FICTION SERIES FROM THE CREATOR OF THE COBRA SERIES AND STAR WARS' ADMIRAL THRAWN There wasn’t much money to be made as a Trailblazer, searching out new worlds for possible development. Still, it was safer than the bounty hunter career that had cost Gregory Roarke his left arm six years ago. And thanks to his Kadolian partner Selene’s ultrasensitive sense of smell, they occasionally discovered a medically promising seed or spore they could sell under the table. It was a quiet life, uneventful and mostly legal. Until Roarke was approached by two men with a proposal: track down a mysterious woman named Tera and, through her, locate a secret project called Icarus. The challenge was intriguing. The unlimited budget was tempting. But Roarke had a more personal reason to accept the job. The chance for long-delayed payback. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About The Icarus Plot: “There are plenty of little things to delight the longtime Zahn reader, while also bringing new fans in a way that is perfectly accessible . . . Zahn remains one of the best writers of action I have ever had the pleasure of reading . . . The Icarus Plot is pure fun in the way that only one of the genre’s greatest yarn-weavers can do.” —Warped Factor “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 of The Sting, and you have The Icarus Plot.” —Upstream Reviews About 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 “[Conqueror’s 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 [in Angelmass] with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing.” —Kirkus Review

Author : Robert Ludlum
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345539214
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Icarus Agenda written by Robert Ludlum and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorado Congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term quietly when a political mole reveals his deepest secret: Kendrick was the anonymous hero who freed the hostages held by Arab terrorists in the American embassy in Masqat, and then silently disappeared. Now, brought into the light, Kendrick is a target, pursued by the terrorists he once outwitted. Together with the beautiful woman who saved his life, Kendrick enters a deadly arena where the only currency is blood, where frightened whispers speak of violence yet to come, and where the fate of the free world may ultimately rest in the powerful hands of a mysterious figure known only as the Mahdi. Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Icarus Agenda “[Robert] Ludlum is light-years beyond his literary competition in piling plot twist upon plot twist, until the mesmerized reader is held captive. . . . Ludlum pulls out all the stops.”—Chicago Tribune “[An] intricate story of conspiracies within conspiracies . . . Once you start reading you just can’t stop.”—Library Journal “Readers will be hooked.”—The New York Times

Author : Caighlan Smith
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1630790575
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of Icarus written by Caighlan Smith and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clara is bright, strong, and fearless. But when she and the girl who has always lived in her shadow are chosen to enter the labryrinth, the two are torn apart forever and must fight to survive.

Author : Helen Oyeyemi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408846381
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Icarus Girl written by Helen Oyeyemi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessamy Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of a powerful imagination, she spends hours writing, reading or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the half-and-half child of an English father and a Nigerian mother, Jess just can't shake off the feeling of being alone wherever she goes, and other kids are wary of her terrified fits of screaming. When she is taken to her mother's family compound in Nigeria, she encounters Titiola, a ragged little girl her own age. It seems that at last Jess has found someone who will understand her. TillyTilly knows secrets both big and small. But as she shows Jess just how easy it is to hurt those around her, Jess begins to realise that she doesn't know who TillyTilly is at all.

Author : Adam Wing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773702421
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icarus written by Adam Wing and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A myth as old as civilization. The boy who donned wax wings and flew too close to the sun. Follow the tale of Icarus. And that of the father who tried to save him ... but brought his life to an end. You will come to love him. Then you will watch him fall. Live the tragic story as you never imagined possible.

Author : Elizabeth Hand
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453278958
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icarus Descending written by Elizabeth Hand and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVWendy Wanders and Margalis return in the thrilling conclusion of the Winterlong trilogy—and their lives hang on one question: “What is Icarus?”/divDIV Araboth is destroyed, open war rules both the earth and sky, and Margalis Tast’annin sees himself as the last hope for the Ascendants as they fight against the dangerous energumens. Outside the destroyed City of Trees, Wendy Wanders finds herself joining the rebel forces as they wait for the mythical and mysterious Icarus to turn the tide of the rebellion./divDIV /divDIVWith the Philip K. Dick Award–nominated Icarus Descending, Elizabeth Hand completes the sensual dystopian Winterlong trilogy. And the explosive conclusion will reveal the final fates of geneslaves, the Ascendants, and the legendary combat leader Metatron as all eyes look to the sky for Icarus./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Elizabeth Hand including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div

Author : Raymond Queneau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847491022
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flight of Icarus written by Raymond Queneau and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late 19th-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character.

Author : Peter Watts
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 142994806X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Echopraxia written by Peter Watts and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for a different kind of singularity in Peter Watts' Echopraxia, the follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsight It's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie switches that shut off self-awareness during combat. And it's all under surveillance by an alien presence that refuses to show itself. Daniel Bruks is a living fossil: a field biologist in a world where biology has turned computational, a cat's-paw used by terrorists to kill thousands. Taking refuge in the Oregon desert, he's turned his back on a humanity that shatters into strange new subspecies with every heartbeat. But he awakens one night to find himself at the center of a storm that will turn all of history inside-out. Now he's trapped on a ship bound for the center of the solar system. To his left is a grief-stricken soldier, obsessed by whispered messages from a dead son. To his right is a pilot who hasn't yet found the man she's sworn to kill on sight. A vampire and its entourage of zombie bodyguards lurk in the shadows behind. And dead ahead, a handful of rapture-stricken monks takes them all to a meeting with something they will only call "The Angels of the Asteroids." Their pilgrimage brings Dan Bruks, the fossil man, face-to-face with the biggest evolutionary breakpoint since the origin of thought itself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : R.D. Shah
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800325290
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Project Icarus written by R.D. Shah and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old enemy, a new threat, and a secret that could tear the world apart. Hostage negotiator Ethan Munroe is called urgently to a developing crime scene. A serial killer is holding a young girl hostage, and, inexplicably, demands his attendance. Events quickly spiral out of control, and the security of Ethan's life is stripped away, as he is thrown headlong into a perilous world of deception, espionage and danger, lurking deep within the shadows of political power. Ethan will discover things about himself he could never have suspected, come face-to-face with a terrifying foe, and uncover an unthinkable truth that could not only shatter his own future but that of the world... The enigma that is Project Icarus. A totally gripping conspiracy thriller with a twist you will never see coming, perfect for fans of Lee Child, Scott Mariani, and Adam Hamdy.