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Publisher: Bantam Spectra Author: Various Cover Artist: Paul Youll Cover Price: unavailable Media: Paperback ISBN: 0-553-57882-0 - SYNOPSIS Written by some of today's leading science fiction writers, these tales sweep us into a world where the only laws are cunning, force, and power—and only the bravest, craziest, and deadliest dare to tread. Here mercs and smugglers, gangsters and warriors fight toe to toe, side by side, and behind each other's backs in the backwaters of a universe ripped apart by war.... On Zelas II a man and a woman are held prisoner in a dark cell, each fighting in their own way for survival at the hands of Imperial captors—and a chance for escape that could cost one of them their life. On the tortured landscape of Ryloth, Fenig Nabon awaits a ship of women warriors to complete a dangerous deal: the smuggling of a troupe of dancers to the homeworld of the Hutts—only to get more than she bargained for.a And in a stunning new novella written especially for this collection by Hugo Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, Senator Garm Bel Iblis, believed dead at the hands of an Imperial assassin, teams up with Hal Horn in a duel against the Empire's most dangerous agent. At stake are the plans for a terrifying new weapon called the Death Star—and the fate of both Empire and the New Republic. | ||
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This anthology features stories collected from the Star Wars Adventure Journal game books, originally published by West End Games. Stories listed without previous credits are new, having been slated to appear in SWAJ, but publication of that series ceased before they were printed.
The stories included are:
"Interlude at Darknell" by Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole
"Jade Solitaire" by Timothy Zahn
"Gathering Shadows" by Kathy Burdette
"Hutt and Seek" by Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl
"The Longest Fall" by Patricia A. Jackson (from SWAJ #11)
"Conflict of Interest" by Laurie Burns (from SWAJ #13)
"No Disintegrations, Please" by Paul Danner (from SWAJ #14)
"Day of the Sepulchral Night" by Jean Rabe (from SWAJ #13)
"Uhl Eharl Khoehng" by Patricia A. Jackson (from SWAJ #8)
"The Last Hand" by Paul Danner (from SWAJ #13)
"Simple Tricks" by Chris Cassidy and Tish Pahl