Series
Quadrail
Timothy Zahn · 5 novels · 2005–2012
Timothy Zahn's Quadrail series follows ex-intelligence operative Frank Compton, recruited by the enigmatic Spider caretakers of the Quadrail, an interstellar train network that lets a dozen alien empires travel between worlds at a light-year a minute. Paired with the telepathically gifted Bayta, Compton investigates and fights the Modhri, a parasitic group-mind quietly seizing control of galactic leaders from within. The five novels, published 2005-2012, follow one continuous investigation from first contact with the threat to its final confrontation.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Quadrail at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s4
- 2010s1
Shape
Mood
This series sits where the catalog sits — its mood is the corpus average.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Odd Girl Outdarkest
- The Third Lynxbrightest · most intense
- Night Train to Rigelcalmest