{"product_id":"odd-girl-out-9781504027366","title":"Odd Girl Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eEx-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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 ten-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Zahn is the Hugo Award-winning author of more than thirty SF novels, including the Dragonback series, as well as \"Night Train to Rigel,\" \"The Third Lynx,\" \"Blackcollar: The Judas Solution\" and the Dragonback sextet. He has also written the all-time bestselling\" Star Wars \" spinoff novel, \"Heir to the Empire,\" and other \"Star Wars \" novels, including the recent \"Allegiance.\" He lives in coastal Oregon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492706685202,"sku":"9781504027366","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e7613a5-ef13-4d94-8563-4d970ef55b6c.jpg?v=1730604096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/odd-girl-out-9781504027366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}