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Railhead / Philip Reeve.

by Reeve, Philip.

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Oxford University Press, 2015.

Interplanetary voyages -- Juvenile fiction.

Thieves -- Juvenile fiction.

Artificial intelligence -- Juvenile fiction.

Androids -- Juvenile fiction.

Railhead ; [1].

9780192742759 (hc.)

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299 p. ; 22 cm.

In a world of drones and androids Zen Starling is a human thief, but mostly he just likes to ride the Interstellar Express, the sentient trains that travel through the K gates from planet to planet, something only the Guardians understand--but now the mysterious Raven wants him to steal the Pyxis, an object that could either open up a new gate, challenging the Guardians, or put the entire gate system, and the universe itself in danger.

"The Great Network is an ancient web of routes and gates, where sentient trains can take you anywhere in the galaxy in the blink of an eye. Zen Starling is a nobody. A petty thief from the filthy streets of Thunder City who aimlessly rides the rails of the Network. So when the mysterious stranger Raven offers Zen a chance to escape the squalor of the city and live the rest of his days in luxury, Zen can't believe his luck. All he has to do is steal one small box from the Emperors train with the help of Nova, an android girl. But the Great Network is a hazardous mess of twists and turns, and that little box just might bring everything in this galaxy and the next to the end of the line."--From publisher.

Science fiction, Juvenile.

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