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Sleek, swift and deadly, the famed X-Wing fighters have earned their reputation as the Rebel Alliance's ultimate strike force the hard way--first in battle, the last line of defense.Now they must make a deal with the devil herself--an enemy whose ultimate goal is their total annihilation.
It's the kind of mission only Wedge Antilles and the Rogue Squadron would dare to undertake.Against impossible odds they will stage a daring raid into an enemy stronghold--only to be rescued from certain destruction by an unexpected ally.
Ysanne Isard, the ruthless Imperial commander, has appeared on the scene seemingly from out of nowhere.Now she proposes a most unusual alliance, offering to help Wedge rescue his captured comrades from Imperial Warlord Admiral Krennel's sadistic prison camp.
But her offer is not without a price.Wedge must lead Rogue Squadron in Isard's deadly struggle against an enemy made in her own image.It's an offer Wedge would love to refuse, for Isard is certain to betray them.But how can they leave their comrades at Krennel's mercy?The answer is: they can't--even if it means being caught between Krennel's ruthlessness and Isard's treachery.
Michael A. Stackpole returns as author of the eighth book in the X-Wing series, taking over again after three novels from Aaron Allston. Wedge Antilles has transferred back from Wraith to Rogue Squadron, and many of the characters from Stackpole's first four books reappear, including Ysanne Isard, the villain of Book 4, The Bacta War.
Now that Grand Admiral Thrawn is dead, the New Republic wants to go after the warlords, and decides to make an example of Krennel, who murdered a whole family in his rise to power. But Krennel has an unexpected ally: the treacherous Isard, who the Rogues thought they had killed, is now scheming their downfall. She uses New Republic prisoners, with whom Rogue pilot Corran Horn was held for a while, as bait. The plot twists and turns, sometimes confusingly, as Krennel, Isard and the Rogues try to outguess one another.
As ever in the X-Wing books, there are plenty of space battles, with Wedge Antilles, now promoted to general, leading the way. Meanwhile, the aversion Imperials feel towards non- humans, and the tensions between the various species making up the New Republic, provide a couple of sub-plots that make this a thoughtful, as well as an action-packed, instalment in the series. --Liz Sourbut
Michael A Stackpole
Michael A Stackpole is an award-winning computer game designer and a New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty science fiction and fantasy books, including the five bestselling Star Wars X-Wing titles (Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War and Isard's Revenge) and the stand-alone Star Wars novel I, Jedi. Originally from Vermont, he now lives in Arizona.
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Star Wars: X-Wing [08]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780553579031
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