The fall of icarus book

Timothy Zahn attended Michigan State University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1973 He then moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and achieved an M. Book the icarus needle book S degree in physics in 1975 While he was pursuing a doctorate in physics his adviser became ill and died Zahn never completed the doctorate In 1975 he had begun writing science fiction as a hobby and he became a professional writer He and his wife Anna live in Bandon Oregon They have a son Corwin Zahn NEW ENTRY IN THE ICARUS SAGA FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR TIMOTHY ZAHN Ten thousand years ago a mysterious people known as the Icari vanished from the Spiral leaving behind a network of portals that can instantaneously transport passengers hundreds or thousands of light years across the stars Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene have been tasked with seeking out these alien artifacts and bringing them under the control of the Icarus Group But the Group s leadership has changed and Roarke soon finds himself at serious odds with the new director s plans The result a counter plan that lands Roarke and Selene on a distant world with a broken city a dozen portals and a group of aliens called the Ammei who dream of using the portals to bring back their own glory days But their ambitions will be costly and not just for themselves Roarke and Selene must put together the scattered clues and solve the riddle of the Ammei and their plans while at the same time fending off the Patth and their bid to claim the city and portals for themselves Because the Icari are gone aren t they The Icarus Needle The Icarus Saga 5