The Hunt for Icarus, Part 3, by Timothy Zahn

Smuggler Jordan McKell partners with Ixil, an alien whose two “ferrets” ride on his shoulders and telepathically exchange simple messages. They accept a job on the oddly shaped ship Icarus. But the motley crew has been found in taverns, the secret cargo hermetically sealed, the employer missing and a saboteur is on board. After a magnificent crew member helps uncover the nature of their Earth-bound cargo, Jordan suspects they are part of a vast conspiracy to change human history. Unfortunately, he is right.

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