Sci-Fi & Speculative

Heir to the Empire

by Timothy Zahn · Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy series

Five years after the Empire's defeat, the fledgling New Republic faces a brilliant new threat: Grand Admiral Thrawn, a strategic genius rallying Imperial remnants for reconquest. Zahn reunites Luke, Leia, and Han in a tale of political intrigue, cloned Jedi, and the mysterious Force-dampening ysalamiri. This landmark Expanded Universe novel revitalized Star Wars fiction with sophisticated plotting and memorable new characters.

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