Tales from the Empire Star Wars Legends [Paperback]

Culled from the pages of theStar Wars Adventure Journal,one of the most popularStar Warsmagazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection.  Here are stories from such award-winning andNew York Timesbestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole and Kathy Tyers as well as exciting newcomers, including Erin Endom, Laurie Burns, and Patricia A. Jackson.  From the desperate flight of a civilian mail courier carrying vital Rebel intelligence through an Imperial blockade, to a suicidal commando raid on an impregnable Imperial prison, to a Corellian smuggler mysteriously hired by an actor turned Jedi Knight turned Imperial assassin for one final transformation, these tales capture all the high adventure, imaginative genius, and nonstop action that are the hallmarks of theStar Warssaga.

What's more, the centerpiece of this magnificent collection is the short novelSide Trip,the first-ever collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, in which a freighter smuggling arms for the Rebels is commandeered by an Imperial Star Destroyer led by a mysterious helmeted figure who claims to be the notorious bounty hunter Jodo Kast.  It is all part of a devious plan that includes Hal and Corran Horn, who are working undercover to nail the infamous Corellian warlord Zekka Thyne. But one slip-up can get them all killed.

Collected for the first time,Star Wars(r): Tales from the Empireis one book no fan will want to be without.

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