The Icarus Plot is everything readers have come to expect from Timothy Zahn. Can Rourke discover the truth in an endless stream of lies? Can he find out who to trust before he gets stabbed in the back? If he survives, can he manage his revenge? This is one long Mission Impossible scenario, only several groups are running their own long cons on everyone else. While it may be the best genre description for the book, it is a serious understatement. When I first heard about this book at at Baen panel, Toni Weisskopf described it at a sci-fi caper novel. The woman Rourke is hunting is playing a game of her own, and she has her own allies. One of the worst drug lords in the spiral arm of the galaxy has added his own bounty. Other bounty hunters are in on the chase. For Rourke, it looks like payback time.īut Rourke is about to find himself hip deep in a plot with more players than he can possibly realize. The target? Another member of the Icarus. Now they’re hired by a mysterious pair who want them to return to bounty hunting. Now Rourke and Selene are trailblazers, surveying unknown worlds. Five years ago, bounty hunter Gregory Rourke and his partner Selene were hunting the Icarus ’ captain Jordan McKell when they were both ambushed. Six years ago, the freighter Icarus disappeared with all hands aboard.
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