In the blockbuster bestselling tradition of Heir to the Empire comes this thrilling addition to the Star Wars(r) saga, as peace gives way to a new threat...
It is a time of tranquillity for the New Republic. The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, and the reemergence of the Jedi Knights has brought power and prestige to the fledgling government on Coruscant. Yesterday's Rebels have become today's administrators and diplomats, and the factions that fought against imperial tyranny seem united in savoring the fruits of peace.
But the peace is short-lived. A...

In the wake of a shattered alliance, the New Republic fights a relentless new enemy in an all-new adventure in the bestselling Star Wars saga...
Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission. Meanwhile, Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat--even at the cost of Han's life.As a former Imperial governor takes his battle to the runaway Qella spaceship, Luke's continuing search for his mother brings him dangerously close to Nil Spaar's deadly forces. And as the Yevetha close in on the...

As Leia must deal with a new threat to thefragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Landobecomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft ofunknown origin. The ship is following an unstoppablepath to its homeworld, destroyed by Imperialforces. Luke continues his quest to learn more abouthis mother among the Fallanassi, where his everybelief about the use of the Force is about to bechallenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomaticsolution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha race, Han pilots a spy ship into the heart of Yevethanspace and finds himself a hostage on one of thevast fleet of...