The Icarus Job

By: Timothy Zahn

Narrated by: Marc Thompson

Hoping to take possession of a new alien star-hopping portal, Roarke and Selene 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.

There’s only one catch. Nikki is a professional, high-priced, highly feared assassin. And she’s 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.

It’s up to Roarke and Selene to untangle the mysteries and get to the truth before they become someone’s collateral damage.

If you liked the previous books you will love this

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another good entry

the slight decline in quality continues. still a very good book and Marc Thompson is fantastic as always. definitely worth the credit

Great story, hard to hear narrator

Excellent story, and Marc Thompson is amazing. But his low voices are really hard to hear if there’s any background noise. His sound mixer really needs to balance out the dynamic range in volume, and find s way to make Silene’s (sp?) voice understandable in anything other than perfect silence.

Such a fun journey!

Fun twists and turns that keep you guessing. Timothy Zahn tells a wonderful story. I can't wait for the next part of the story.

Good continuation of the series

Interesting enough to keep me focused on the book. Pretty well thought out plot line.