The Official Star Wars Site has posted an excerpt from the second chapter of Timothy Zahn’s forthcoming Choices of One.
The book is due in both hardcover and audiobook form on July 19th. For the exclusive pdf excerpt of chapter two click here and an in-depth synopsis can be found here or after the break below.
“The fate of the Rebellion rests on Luke Skywalker’s next move. But have the Rebels entered a safe harbor or a death trap?
Eight months after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras sector proposes an alliance, offering the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord Nuso Esva, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal.
Mara Jade, the Emperor’s Hand, is also heading for Candoras, along with the five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their mission: to punish Ferrouz’s treason and smash the Rebels for good.
But in this treacherous game of betrayals within betrayals, a wild card is waiting to be played.”