Star Wars - Allegiance

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ALLEGIANCE Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn's tradcmark been more evident than in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hcpe, the nevvly minted heroes of the Rebellion-fledgling Jedi Luké Skyvvalker, smnaaler turnéd reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and DO 0 Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge- must face the harsh realities of the cataclysmic conflict into which they have so bravely plunged. From this point forward, legends will grow, treachery will abound, and lives wdl be irrevocably altered, in the long, hard fight to counter the fist of tyranny and restore hope to a galaxy too long in darkness. The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance was a decisive blow against the Empire, but Palpatine and his monstrous enforcer, Darth Vader, are no less of a threat. The brutal extermination of Alderaan not only demonstrated the magnitude of... Tovább

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ALLEGIANCE Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn's tradcmark been more evident than in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hcpe, the nevvly minted heroes of the Rebellion-fledgling Jedi Luké Skyvvalker, smnaaler turnéd reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and DO 0 Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge- must face the harsh realities of the cataclysmic conflict into which they have so bravely plunged. From this point forward, legends will grow, treachery will abound, and lives wdl be irrevocably altered, in the long, hard fight to counter the fist of tyranny and restore hope to a galaxy too long in darkness. The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance was a decisive blow against the Empire, but Palpatine and his monstrous enforcer, Darth Vader, are no less of a threat. The brutal extermination of Alderaan not only demonstrated the magnitude of their murderous power, but served as a chilling testament to their resolve to crush the Rebel uprising. Standing against them, Skywalker, Solo, and the Princess remain uncertain opponents. Luké is gifted and brave, but unschoolcd in the power he possesses. Han has doubts about waging someone elses war- and his contentiousness is one morc burden for Leia to bear as she struggles to help keep the Rebellion alive. The three have been sent to mediate a dispute between Rebel Alliance factions in Shelsha Sector-agitating matters by forcing Han to deal not only with pirates, but with his more dreaded enemy, politics. At the same time, Mara Jade-all of eighteen and years away from her fateful meeting with Luké-is serving her evil master, Palpatine, well in her role as the Emperor's Hand: tracking suspected treachery in the Empire to what may be high places- while trying to stay out of Darth Vader's way.
continued front front flap) But the Rcbels vvill prove to be only one of thc Empires conccrns. For Imperial Stormtrooper Daric LaRone, his faith in rhc Empire shakcn by the wanton destruction of Alderaan, will commit a sudden and violent acr of defiance, and take four other cnforcers with him, in a desperate bid to elude their masters' wrath. Each of these fateful actions, whether sanctioned, secret, or scandalous, vvill expose brutality and corruption, spur upheavals destined to shake the Empire to its core, and shape momentous events vet to come. j TlMOTHY Zahn's Star Wars novels have more than four millión copies in print. Since 1978 he has written nearly seventy short stories and novelettes, twenty novels, and three short fiction collections, and won the 1984 Hugó Award for best novella. He is best known for his seven Star Wars books: Heir to the Empire, Dark Fcrce Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor's Quest, and Outbound Flight, He lives with his family on the Oregon coast. Vissza