Book description
2011 marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of
Star Wars: Heir to the
Empire
by Timothy Zahn, the #1 New York Times
hardcover bestseller that relaunched the entire Star Wars
publishing program. To celebrate this historic event, Zahn returns to
Star Wars
with a brand-new novel of adventure, action, and intrigue starring the
young Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and the beloved
Mara Jade!
TIMOTHY ZAHN has been writing science fiction since 1975
and sold his first story to Analog in 1978. Since then Zahn has
published nearly seventy short stories and novelettes, numerous
novels, and three short fiction collections. Along the way he has won
a Hugo Award (for the novella Cascade Point, in 1984) and has
been nominated twice more. He is best known for his original five
Star Wars
novels (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command,
Specter of the
Past, and Vision of the Future). His most recent
publications have been the science-fiction Cobra series and the
six-part young adult series Dragonback. He has a B. S. in physics from
Michigan State University, and an M. S. in physics from the University
of Illinois.
