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050 00 $aPS3566.E7168$bS48 1996
100 1 $aPerry, Steve.
245 10 $aShadows of the empire /$cSteve Perry.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$cc1996.
300 $a340 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aStar wars
490 0 $aA Bantam spectra book
520 1 $a"His name is Xizor, Underlord of a galaxywide
criminal organization called Black Sun. He seeks to displace
Darth Vader as Emperor Palpatine's right hand. To do so, he
will hatch a brilliantly evil plan to discredit Vader in the
Emperor's eyes. But in the meantime he will join the Dark
Lord in an unholy alliance whose common target is the young
Rebel hero, Luke Skywalker." "While Vader and Xizor bait
their trap for Luke, Han Solo is being held captive,
flash-frozen in a carbonite slab. Mourning the loss of the
man she loves, Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission to free
Han. She enlists the aid of Luke, who is sharpening his
skill in the Force at Ben Kenobi's home on the edge of
Tatooine's Western Dune Sea. Skywalker organizes a crack
fighting force, including Wedge Antilles and his famous
X-wing squadron; Lando Calrissian; and the mercenary Dash
Rendar. Yet the fierce battle that ensues to rescue Han will
not go according to plan. For the Empire's spies are
everywhere." "What's worse, though he is cold and reptilian,
Xizor has a certain predatory charisma that not even Leia
can totally resist. Against the judgment of Chewbacca, who
has promised Han to keep her from harm, Leia walks willingly
into Xizor's lair in a dangerous play of passion and
willpower to get the information she needs to defeat him. At
the same time, Luke stands in the crosshairs of a conspiracy
of assassins and bounty hunters recruited by Xizor's
lieutenant, the beautiful but lethal human replicant Guri.
As the struggle between Xizor and Vader intensifies, Luke
finds himself the potential prize of the two most evil
entities in the galaxy - one who wants him alive, and one
who wants him dead." "In a final, explosive showdown, the
Rebels must infiltrate Xizor's impregnable stronghold and
fight the combined forces of Black Sun and the Empire in
deep space. With death and betrayal looming on every side,
Luke, Leia, Lando, and Chewie must use every weapon and
resource at their disposal, including the Rebel fleet and
some intriguing new allies, if they are to prove
victorious."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSolo, Han (Fictitious character)$xFiction.
650 0 $aSkywalker, Luke (Fictitious character)$xFiction.
650 0 $aLeia, Princess (Fictitious character)$xFiction.
650 0 $aScience fiction.
830 0 $aStar wars (Bantam Books (Firm) : Unnumbered)
