Series |
Corellian Trilogy -Book 3 |
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Purchase |
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Setting |
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Published |
January 1997 |
Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes 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 forces of the New Republic, Luke takes a desperate gamble with an invisible weapon....
Excerpt
Ourn produced a small black box
from a concealed pocket. "Is a way of sending messages
to N'zoth--to Nil Spaar. Completely undetectable,
untraceable. By what magic, my engineer could not
divine. But you have many scientists--they will find out
for you."
It was
Leia's turn to take a step forward. "Where did you get
this?"
"From the viceroy. His ship destroyed mine, you
remember--at East Port, the day he left. He promised me
restitution, but it was an empty promise--"
"How
did you help him? By spying for him?"
Ourn
swallowed nervously and tried to smile. "Now,
Princess--how many secrets does someone like me know?
Nothing. Less than nothing. I pretended. I
deceived him--"
With a
single quick stride, Leia closed the distance between them.
"You took my husband away from me," she said, and
dropped into a Jedi fighting stance.
"Princess, surely--"
It took
only one blow to silence him, one more to bring him to his knees,
and one last to send him sprawling, unconscious. Releasing
her breath in a satisfied sigh, Leia stood straight and
looked to a startled Tarrick.
"Thank you for that," Leia said lightly, flexing her
hands in front of her. "I just might be able to sleep
tonight."