The Icerigger Trilogy: Icerigger, Mission to Moulokin, and The Deluge Drivers

Alan Dean Foster

Sep 2012 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

Three novels from a New York Times–bestselling author: an exhilarating adventure that follows a group of human castaways stranded on an icy alien planet.

Icy, desolate, and sharply carved by hurricane-force winds, Tran-ky-ky is a terrible place to crash-land. But a botched kidnapping aboard the interstellar transport Antares sends Ethan Frome Fortune and a handful of his fellow travelers tumbling toward the stormy planet. Stranded and cut off from civilization, the castaways struggle to survive. In this page-turning trilogy, Fortune confronts vicious predators (even the plants want to make a meal of him) and forges an alliance with a native Tran. As he searches for a way off Tran-ky-ky, he helps the Tran gain admission to the Humanx Commonwealth and learns about their troubled history. Just as Fortune accepts that he’ll never escape the harsh planet and acclimates to its relentless winter, he learns that scientists have detected rising temperatures in the atmosphere. This sinister change leads Fortune to a thrilling and unexpected final adventure.

Ratings and reviews

I have read this book more times than I can count over the years. A great adventure story with interesting locales. What sets this book apart is the wonderful characters. From the first scene you want to know more about Skua, and you identify with Ethan. The alien races are just alien enough to keep you fascinated but have enough 'humanity' to help you understand them. Heartily recommended!

A complete and excellent creation of an entire alien world and species. I was intrigued with the succession of stories; how they grew into a narrative 13 years in the making by Alan Dean Foster. Bravo.

Didn't take long to hook. Excellent writing, fun Trilogy. Never really too many dark points though (only flaw) I wish there were 3! The third installment left me wishing for more (although it was the slowest book until it ended)

About the author

The New York Times–bestselling author of more than 110 books, Alan Dean Foster is one of the most prominent writers of modern science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City in 1946, he studied filmmaking at UCLA, and first found success in 1968 when a horror magazine published one of his short stories. In 1972 he wrote his first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, the first in his Pip and Flinx series featuring the Humanx Commonwealth, a universe he has explored in more than twenty-five novels. Foster also created the Spellsinger series and has written dozens of bestselling film novelizations, as well as the story for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. An avid world traveler, he chronicles some of his own adventures in the wild in his memoir Predators I Have Known (2011). Foster lives with his family in Prescott, Arizona.