Book description
Independent space trucker Jake McGraw, accompanied by his father Sam,
who inhabits the body of the truck itself, his "starrig,"
picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, Darla, and a trailer-load of trouble.
One of the best of the indies, Jake knows a few tricks about following
the Skyway, which connects dozens, or maybe hundreds, of planets. Nobody
knows how many and nobody really knows the full extent of the Skyway and
much of it remains unexplored. But, somehow, a rumor gets started that
Jake has a map for the whole thing and suddenly everybody wants a piece
of him: an alien race called the Reticulans, the human government known
as the Colonial Assembly, and a nasty piece-of-work called Corey Wilkes,
head of the wildcat trucker union TATOO. No matter what Jake does, no
matter how many twists and turns he makes, he can't shake any of the
menaces on his tail. The Starrigger series, continues with RED LIMIT
FREEWAY and concludes with PARADOX ALLEY. John DeChancie is a popular
author of numerous science fiction/fantasy novels including the hugely
entertaining Castle series and the Starrigger trilogy. He grew up near
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and now lives in Los Angeles, California.
