Book description
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.
Michael Reaves is a screenwriter who has written, story-edited,
and/or produced hundreds of teleplays for various television series,
including Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone, Sliders,
and Monsters. He was also a story editor and writer on Batman: The
Animated Series, for which he won an Emmy Award for writing in 1993.
He has worked for Spielberg's DreamWorks, among other studios, and is
the author of several fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. He is
also the author of Hell on Earth, and, along with John Pelan, edited
the Shadows Over Baker Street anthology (Del Rey, 09/03). Michael
Reaves makes his home in Los Angeles.
Steve Perry was born and raised in the deep south and has lived in
Louisiana, California, Washington and Oregon. He is currently the
science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviewer for The Oregonian.
He has published dozens of stories, as well as a considerable number
of novels, animated teleplays, non-fiction articles, reviews and
essays. He wrote for Batman: The Animated Series during its first Emmy
Award-winning season, authored the NY Times bestseller Star Wars:
Shadows of the Empire, and also did the bestselling novelization for
the blockbuster movie Men in Black.
