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Blurb: Culled from the pages of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, one of the most popular Star Wars magazines in the field today, comes this exciting new short-story collection. Here are stories from such award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors as Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole and Kathy Tyers as well as exciting newcomers, including Erin Endom, Laurie Burns, and Patricia A. Jackson. From the desperate flight of a civilian mail courier carrying vital Rebel intelligence through an Imperial blockade, to a suicidal commando raid on an impregnable Imperial prison, to a Corellian smuggler mysteriously hired by an actor turned Jedi Knight turned Imperial assassin for one final transformation, these tales capture all the high adventure, imaginative genius, and nonstop action that are the hallmarks of the Star Wars saga.
What's more, the centerpiece of this magnificent collection is the short novel Side Trip, the first-ever collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, in which a freighter smuggling arms for the Rebels is commandeered by an Imperial Star Destroyer led by a mysterious helmeted figure who claims to be the notorious bounty hunter Jodo Kast. It is all part of a devious plan that includes Hal and Corran Horn, who are working undercover to nail the infamous Corellian warlord Zekka Thyne. But one slip-up can get them all killed.
Collected for the first time, Star Wars(r): Tales from the Empire is one book no fan will want to be without.
Contents
ix • Introduction: A Galaxy Filled with Stories • essay by Peter Schweighofer
1 • First Contact • [Star Wars tales] • (1994) • novelette by Timothy Zahn
26 • Tinian on Trial • [Star Wars tales] • (1994) • novelette by Kathy Tyers
50 • The Final Exit • [Star Wars tales] • (1994) • novelette by Patricia A. Jackson
83 • Missed Chance • [Star Wars tales] • (1995) • novelette by Michael A. Stackpole
116 • Retreat from Coruscant • [Star Wars tales] • (1995) • novelette by Laurie Burns
144 • A Certain Point of View • [Star Wars tales] • (1995) • novelette by Charlene Newcomb
166 • Blaze of Glory • [Star Wars tales] • (1995) • novelette by Tony Russo
198 • Slaying Dragons • [Star Wars tales] • (1996) • short story by Angela Phillips
214 • Do No Harm • [Star Wars tales] • (1996) • short story by Erin Endom
233 • Side Trip [Part One of Four] • [Star Wars tales] • (1997) • short story by Timothy Zahn
255 • Side Trip [Part Two of Four] • [Star Wars tales] • (1997) • short story by Michael A. Stackpole
278 • Side Trip [Part Three of Four] • [Star Wars tales] • (1997) • short story by Michael A. Stackpole
299 • Side Trip [Part Four of Four] • [Star Wars tales] • (1997) • short story by Timothy Zahn
321 • About the Authors (Tales from the Empire) • essay by uncredited
[325] • The World of Star Wars Novels • essay by uncredited
Cover art: Matt Busch