In Shadows of the Empire, Steve Perry adds an exciting new chapter to the Star Wars saga and introduces important new characters and situations no Star Wars fan will want to miss.A masterful, thought-provoking, and wide-ranging study of how the vestiges of the imperial era shape society today. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. What's worse, though he is cold and reptilian, Xizor has a certain predatory charisma that not even Leia can totally resist. Yet the fierce battle that ensues to rescue Han will not go according to plan. Skywalker organizes a crack fighting force, including Wedge Antilles and his famous X-wing squadron Lando Calrissian and the mercenary Dash Rendar. 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. Mourning the loss of the man she loves, Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission to free Han. While Vader and Xizor bait their trap for Luke, Han Solo is being held captive, flash-frozen in a carbonite slab. But in the meantime he will join the Dark Lord in an unholy alliance whose common target is the young Rebel hero, Luke Skywalker. To do so, he will hatch a brilliantly evil plan to discredit Vader in the Emperor's eyes. He seeks to displace Darth Vader as Emperor Palpatine's right hand. His name is Xizor, Underlord of a galaxywide criminal organization called Black Sun.
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