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 the universe is exhausting
business--but hadn't expected to find a young woman waiting for him in
his New York apartment with a loaded gun in her hand. Ignoring her
demands that he rescue her 10-year-old sister, the former Western
Alliance Intelligence agent sends his unwelcome guest packing--only to
find himself under arrest the following day for her brutal murder.
Released on bail and determined to do the right thing, Compton makes
tracks for the world of New Tigris. But a captive child is not all that
he discovers there: Little Rebekah may also hold the key to the ultimate
defeat of the Modhri. Suddenly, keeping one small girl safe is the most
important--and dangerous--task Compton has ever undertaken. And with the
Modhris' mind-slave "walkers" everywhere, there may be no safe place for
an "abomination" and her protector to hide.
