This book came to me via the kind bookcrosser, russbaum, as a gift for winning the Wings and Wishlist Sweepstakes - May 2022. Thank you so much for this wishlist book! It’s surprisingly dense!

Description:
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.

But the Network is also a hazardous mess of twists and turns, and nothing is as it seems. So when petty thief and railhead Zen Starling is hired by the mysterious Raven, the job appears simple enough. Steal one small box from the Emperor’s train, live the rest of his days in luxury. Secrets and danger lie in wait on the rails, and that little box might just bring everything in this galaxy—and the next—to the end of the line.

Such a great read! And I will have to say that it is:

♥♥♥ One of my favorite reads of 2023! ♥♥♥

👽 🤖 👾 Sent to the winner of the International Sci-Fi Sweepstakes - Round 7! 👽 🤖 👾

This got here safely. I have never heard of this one, and the synopsis makes it sound quite interesting. Thanks for sending it my way.

So I didn't know I needed an intergalactic train heist story until I started reading this. I loved the book so much that I have purchased the rest of the series. I don't know if I would have stumbled on this book, so thank you for sharing it with me spatial.

Fun fact, this copy originally was a discard from the Carol Stream Library which is about 40 miles southwest of where it is now, It has traveled quite a bit since it left the library :)