This story takes place between the period between the Empire Strikes Back and the Return of the Jedi.

It deals with one of the rivals for Darth Vader... A syndicate leader named Prince Xizor who is making his own grab for power and confronting the rebels.

Star Wars / Science Fiction fans

We only had 3 Star Wars movies to really get to enjoy classic characters like Darth Vader and the Emperor. It was nice being able to see them reappear here.

I was tempted to rewatch the star wars movies

Excited and happy. It is extremely good for science fiction and Star Wars fans.

Steve Perry

It is the revisit when the Stars Wars conflict between the Light and Dark Side was at its peak. It an extremely exciting novel that Star Wars fans will love

This book is a New York Times Bestseller.

This was recommended to me by a friend who was a fellow science fiction fan. The hook that he described for me was that the relationship between Darth Vader and Prince Xizor was really interesting in the book. They basically send assassins to attempt to murder the other one for the sole purpose of annoying their rival.

One example was Xizor sending an assassin after Darth Vader. The assassin was clearly way out of his league that Darth Vader didn't even need to draw his lightsaber / use his force powers to take him out. He just fought the character unarmed.

It convinced me to read through this story and it was well worth it.

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