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Thrown together in the last hellish night of an alien invasion,
Marine Billie and young Wilks helped each other get out alive.
Thirteen years later Wilks is in prison, and Billie in a mental
institution, the nightmares of the massacre at Rim seared into her
mind. Now the government has tapped Wilks to lead an expedition to
the aliens' home planet to bring back a live alien, but when they
depart on their mission, the team is trailed by a trained assassin.
"THAT'S NO MOON."
-Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Death Star's name says it all, with bone-chilling accuracy. It
is a virtual world unto itself-equipped with uncanny power for a
singularly brutal purpose: to obliterate entire planets in the
blink of an eye. Its annihilation of the planet Alderaan, at the
merciless command of Grand Moff Tarkin, lives in infamy. And its
own ultimate destruction, at the hands of Luke Skywalker, is the
stuff of legend. But what is the whole story, and who are the
players, behind the creation of this world-killing satellite of
doom?
The near extermination of the Jedi order cleared the way for
Palpatine-power-hungry Senator and Sith Lord-to seize control of
the Republic, declare himself Emperor, and usher in a fearsome,
totalitarian regime. But even with the dreaded Darth Vader
enforcing Palpatine's sinister will, the threat of rebellion still
looms. And the Emperor knows that only abject fear-and the ability
to punish dissent with devastating consequences-can ensure his
unchallenged control of the galaxy. Enter ambitious and ruthless
government official Wilhuff Tarkin, architect of the Emperor's
terrifying dream come true.
From inception to completion, construction of the unprecedented
Death Star is awash in the intrigues, hidden agendas, unexpected
revelations, and daring gambits of those involved on every level.
The brightest minds and boldest egos, the most ambitious and
corrupt, the desperate and the devious, all have a stake in the
Death Star-and its potential to control the fate of the galaxy.
Soldiers and slaves, loyalists and Rebels, spies and avengers, the
innocent and the evil-all their paths and fates will cross and
intertwine as the Death Star moves from its maiden voyage to its
final showdown. And a shadowy chapter of Star Wars history is
stunningly illuminated in a thrilling, unforgettable adventure.
"From the Hardcover edition."
Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by a character new to us. Prince Xizor is a mastermind of evil who dares to oppose one of the best-known fictional villains of all time: Darth Vader. The story involves all the featured Star Wars movie characters, plus Emperor Palpatine and, of course, Lord Vader himself.
PREY by Steve Perry & Stephani Perry- Machiko Noguchi accepted
the supervision of the ranching colony of Ryushi as a challenge.
Little did she know that she would defend it with her life. For the
entire unarmed human settlement lies smack between two varieties of
monster, one spider-like, one human-like, but infinitely stronger.
Monsters who will simply never stop...HUNTER'S PLANET by David
Bischoff - On Hunter's Planet, populated by genetically engineered
creatures of all kinds, it seems that Predators have begun to seed
Aliens. This is bad, real bad, for business, which is why Machiko
Noguchi is sent in to confront the Predators she once considered
friends. The only way for her to win is to take control of the most
deadly planet in known space...WAR by S. D. Perry - Machiko Noguchi
is an outcast being tracked by the Predators who used to be her
hunting band. Jess, Lara, and Ellis are the remnants of a
bug-hunting team that wiped out an infestation in a Company space
station. All four humans must join a desperate fight on the swamp
planet Bunda, where fearsome Predators are at war with a ferocious
colony of aliens.
"While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the
situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic
forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . .
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The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ
legions of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the
flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle
droids' durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than
in the steaming Jasserak jungle, where the doctors and nurses of a
small med unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and
wounded start to pile up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell "Uli"
Divini know that time is running out.
Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been
stretched to the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could
very well lead to her death-and that of countless others. For the
conflict is growing-and for this obscure mobile med unit, there's
only one resolution. Shocking, bold, unprecedented, it's the only
option Jos and his colleagues really have.The unthinkable has
become the inevitable. Whether it kills them or not remains to be
seen.
There's no rest for the weary treasure hunter, but that's how
Indiana Jones likes it. Fresh from spying for the Allies in the
thick of World War II Germany, the globe-trotting archaeologist
doesn't need much persuading to join his cohort "Mac" McHale in
searching for one of the most coveted of artifacts: the fabled
black pearl known as the Heart of Darkness. But the partners in
adventure are not alone on their foray into the mysterious jungles
of Haiti. German and Japanese agents are in hot pursuit, determined
to possess the ebony artifact-and its secrets-for their own
sinister purposes. And shadowing them all is an infamous voodoo
priest, with powers of both diabolical science and" "black magic at
his command.
On a treacherous odyssey across the Island of the Dead, where the
legend of the zombi looms large, spiders, snakes, and booby traps
will prove the least of Indy's challenges. And capturing the prize
will be child's play compared to confronting an enemy unlike any
other, whose numbers are legion and nearly impossible to
kill-because they're already dead. . . .
As Civil War between the Republic and the Separatists rages across
the galaxy, nowhere is the fighting more fierce than on the swamp
world of Drongar, where a beleaguered mobile hospital unit wages a
never-ending war of its own . . .
A surgeon who covers his despair with wise-cracks; another who
faces death and misery head-on, venting his emotions through
beautiful music . . . A nurse with her heart in her work and her
eye on a doctor . . . A Jedi Padawan on a healing mission without
her Master . . . These are the core members of a tiny med unit
serving the jungle world of Drongar, where battle is waged over the
control of a priceless native plant, and an endless line of
medlifters brings in the wounded and dying -- mostly clone
troopers, but also soldiers of all species.
While the healers work desperately to save lives, others plot
secretly to profit from the war -- either by dealing on the black
market or by manipulating the events of the war itself. In the end,
though, all will face individual tests, and only those of
compassionate hearts and staunch spirits can hope to survive to
fight another day.
The Death Star is one of the great icons of the science fiction
genre. Now veteran Star Wars authors Michael Reaves and Steve Perry
join forces to tell the story of the Death Star, from the start of
its construction to its final destruction at the hands of Luke
Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance. New characters flesh out the
human aspect of the tale with pathos and bathos; familiar
characters, like Darth Vader and Moff Tarkin, the architect of the
Death Star, also have their parts to play. Even Luke, Princess
Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca the Wookiee, show up in cameo roles,
from the familiar movie scenes when they were captured on and then
escaped from the Death Star. DEATH STAR is a book for all Star Wars
fans -- not just the core fans who read everything the so-called
"expanded universe" has to offer, but also all those who loved the
original movies.
A novel of healers in wartime, in which a unit of medics struggles
against the worst possible circumstances to save lives as the Clone
Wars rage around them. With a special appearance by Jedi Padawan
Barriss Offee, who will gain her Knighthood in the course of this
exciting duology. A little of M*A*S*H, a little of ER, a lot of
Star Wars! A must-read for everyone who saw STAR WARS: ATTACK OF
THE CLONES and looks forward to seeing STAR WARS: EPISODE III!
At the close of the twenty-fourth century, a series of
revolutions has caused the galaxy to descend into chaos. With the
Galactic Union Army stretched thin, mercenary units have arisen for
those who have the need and the means to hire them.
Kay, the alien member of the Cutter Force Initiative, has
returned to her brutal home world of Vast on a mission of mercy.
Before she joined the merc team, she was a great healer. And now
her skills are sorely needed. Hundreds of Vastalimi including her
blood-kin are mysteriously dying. But is the plague a work of
nature, or is it a bioengineered virus, purposefully unleashed? Kay
and Doc Wink will have to find out the hard way.
With the Cutter Force light-years away, the two find the odds
against them and on a planet like Vast, where violence abounds and
life is cheap, they may be facing a foe they can t defeat.
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