Series	Black Fleet Crisis --Book 1
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	Purchase	Amazon.com
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	Published	April 1996

It is a time of tranquility 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 restless Luke must journey to his mother's homeworld in a desperate and dangerous quest to find her people.  An adventurous Lando must seize a mysterious spacecraft that has weapons of enormous destructive power and an unknown mission.  And Leia, a living symbol of the New Republic's triumphs, must face down the ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war that could shatter the fragile unity of the New Republic...and threaten its very survival.

Excerpt   

Luke started across the open ground toward the ruined ring dwelling at the foot of the highest of the enclosing hills.  But he was not even halfway there when a scream froze him.  He whirled, his cape sweeping outward, and a blaster bolt burned past him, so close that he could smell the heat.
He rolled away from the heat, came out of the roll with a forward flip that carried him five meters away from where he had stood, and ended the flip searching for his attacker, his lightsaber in his right hand.  There were two men near Akanah, who was huddled on her knees with an arm raised as though she had just fended off a blow.
    "Akanah!" he cried, and charged toward them.
    The next blaster bolt was dead on target, but Luke deflected it neatly skyward with his lightsaber. . . .