| | The Hand of Thrawn Book 1: Specter of the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | From Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn, whose unprecedented bestselling trilogy continued the saga of George Lucas' blockbuster films and became a landmark in the history of science fiction publishing, comes Specter of the Past, the first in the epic two-volume series The Hand of Thrawn. |
 | | As Hand and Leia try to prevent the unraveling of the New Republic in the face of this fearful and inexplicable threat from the past, Luke sets out to track down the rogue pirate ships. |
 | | All the while, lurking in the shadows is the enigmatic Major Tierce, a disciple of Emperor Palpatine, sharing his long-dead master's lust for power, schooled in the devious strategems of Thrawn himself, and armed with his own dark plans for the New Republic and the Empire. |
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