#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this essential Star Wars Legends novel-the first ever to take
place after the events of the original trilogy-Grand Admiral Thrawn makes his debut on the
galactic stage. Five years ago the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star defeated Darth
Vader and the Emperor and drove the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner
of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins. And Luke Skywalker
has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away
the last of the Emperor's warlords Grand Admiral Thrawn has taken command of the shattered
Imperial fleet readied it for war and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic.
For this dark warrior has made a vital discovery that could destroy everything the courageous
men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build.
