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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader team up against a threat to the Empire in this thrilling novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

“I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.”

Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root—its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn. Fierce rivals for the emperor’s favor, and outspoken adversaries on Imperial affairs—including the Death Star project—the formidable pair seem unlikely partners for such a crucial mission. But the Emperor knows it’s not the first time Vader and Thrawn have joined forces. And there’s more behind his royal command than either man suspects.

In what seems like a lifetime ago, General Anakin Skywalker of the Galactic Republic, and Commander Mitth’raw’nuruodo, officer of the Chiss Ascendancy, crossed paths for the first time. One on a desperate personal quest, the other with motives unknown . . . and undisclosed. But facing a gauntlet of dangers on a far-flung world, they forged an uneasy alliance—neither remotely aware of what their futures held in store.

Now, thrust together once more, they find themselves bound again for the planet where they once fought side by side. There they will be doubly challenged—by a test of their allegiance to the Empire . . . and an enemy that threatens even their combined might.

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‘With Zahn at the height of his skills as a sci-fi writer, this latest instalment explores Thrawn’s past… a bad guy double bill’ ― Starburst

Zahn's grasp of the STAR WARS universe and its characters never fails to be impeccable, with Alliances yet another classy read…[Zahn is] truly at his best here in the printed dimension- calculated, subtly menacing and, above all else, distinctly alien

― Star Wars Aficionado

‘A must-read for either fans of the Clone Wars or Rebels TV series’ ― Nudge

The must-have original Star Wars novel of the year so far ― Star Wars Afiacnado (For Thrawn)

Classic Zahn …A fun Star Wars action story ― Talk Star Wars Podcast --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Timothy Zahn is the author of more than forty novels, nearly ninety short stories and novellas, and four short-fiction collections. In 1984, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novella. Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision for the Future, Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, Choices of One, and Scoundrels), with more than four million copies of his books in print. Other books include the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076B51VPF
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cornerstone Digital (26 July 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 345 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1780898665

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Timothy Zahn is the Hugo Award-winning author of more than forty original science fiction novels and the bestselling Star Wars trilogy Heir to the Empire, among other works. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2022

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This is a considerable improvement over the previous Thrawn novel, but only because it features characters we know better than most, what with the story taking place both during the Clone Wars, as Thrawn teams up with Anakin Skywalker, and between seasons 3 & 4 of the Rebels series, with Thrawn teamed up with Vader. The plot is a touch contrived as a result, with Thrawn feeling more like a side character really, and Padme's sections are almost unbearably dull and plodding. We also never get to discover what makes Thrawn tick, like the author doesn't fully understand his own creation, likely because Thrawn is basically Sherlock in the Star Wars universe. So the book is reasonably entertaining in spite of Thrawn, because he is not a character I find interesting or compelling in any way.

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Where do Thrawn's loyalties lie?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2018

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A very good book and continuation of Thrawn's legend/legacy. If I am a little disappointed it is because as good as this book was, it is simply with Timothy Zahn writing Thrawn and Vader I did not want good I was expecting great. However Very good is very good.

This book book is set in two time periods. Going back to the line in the first book where a meeting between, then General Anakin Skywalker and Thrawn, during the Clone Wars was mentioned. The majority of this book takes place in that era, as well as the current problem. One thing I like very much in this book is Zahn's writing the differences between Anakin and Vader, and how Vader refers to the memories of Anakin as "the Jedi's". Zahn also did a great job of showing the precognition powers the Force sensitive use. As the story progresses I saw the reason for this.

The second era that this book is set in is right after Season 3 of Star Wars Rebels, right after Thrawn's biggest defeat to date. So his standing and loyalty is in question. There is a lot of verbal sparing and jockeying for the number 2 position in the Empire between Thrawn and Vader. Usually with Thrawn coming out on top. However there is a great deal of respect between the two the telling point of that is Thrawn was still alive as Vader is not known for his patience.

There are elements taken from other Star Wars pre-Disney era books. One of the ideas come from the Golden Age of the Sith comic series where a couple of Force sensitives found another way to earn a living out of their talents, and a material that has not been used in the Disney era as of yet, as well some more of the behind the scenes of Order 66.

A very good book, that is slightly slow in places. I think this was the only stumbling block for me as with Vader in the book I was expecting a lot more action in the book. Though the lack of fights did show Vader's other skills that are sometimes forgotten because of his fearsome reputation and displays of power.

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Ian Morroll

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2019

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I lost interest in Star Wars back during the cgi Clone Wars show, throwing away all the novels I had. But when Grand Admiral Thrawn was reintroduced I gained some interest. Timothy Zahn's previous book was a disappointment. It was boring. Unfortunately that trend has continued and even gotten worse. This book feels like the same short story told twice. I absolutely hate reading the two time periods together. Thrawn is the kind of character who should be involved in galactic scale stories. Truth is I have never really liked previous short stories involving Thrawn. The other main issue is the introduction of the Grysks. It's been speculated these are analogues of the Yuuzhan Vong. Whereas that enemy was introduced rather well from the very beginning of their series, the Grysk feel like some generic bad guy. Disappointing. At least the original Thrawn trilogy has now been released. Go read that for the real Grand Admiral Thrawn, not this pale boring imitation.

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Daniel

Excellent writing but a lacklustre plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2018

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I’m a huge fan of Thrawn and although I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first instalment (Thrawn), I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I really like how Zahn sets this story during both the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War eras. It’s really interesting to see how Thrawn interacts with both Anakin and then Vader many years later.

Zahn does an excellent job with all the main characters. The dialogue is spot on in my opinion.

The plot is a little weak unfortunately and I would have liked to see the two timelines link up with each other a bit better. The enemy Grysks were also very uninteresting and didn’t appear to be nearly as intimidating as I feel they were intended to be. Hopefully the next instalment fleshes these guys out a lot more.

All in all a great read and I highly recommend if you’re a fan of the blue dude.

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Not bad but a bit disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2018

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Like many Star Wars novels, this wasn't bad but it also kind of disappointed. I quite enjoyed the first Thrawn book so was looking forward to him teaming up with Darth Vader. The story is divided over two timelines, back in the Clone Wars time when we have Anakin and Padme teaming up with Thrawn for the first time, and then the 'current' timeline, set during the Rebels TV series time with Thrawn and Vader. They are both set on the same set of planets near the edge of Unknown space, of which we've had a lot of hints in the novels.

Honestly both storylines weren't the best. They had good bits but promised more than they delivered. The Thrawn-Vader storyline basically consisted on Thrawn asking Vader to trust him and Vader questioning his loyalty to the Empire. And Vader did trust him a lot which seemed out of character. There is some mitigation because of the events of the earlier timeline but not enough. WE did finally get some of the real motivations of Thrawn which was good, I had been wondering. The earlier timeline was ok but seemed rather pointless, similar stories have already been done. I think one of my main issues is that all these novels sound great and might finally reveal some actual major information but in the end they don't. More hints about the outer rim but again nothing really relevant to the major storylines from the films. Disney probably have an embargo on what can be discussed but sometimes it feels kind of pointless reading these because of that.

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