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Review: Awesome story set between TPM & AOTC - I was somewhat unsure about this one, but had heard good things about it, I must confess I have never read the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy books, for some reason the "Thrawn" character I never cared much for given what I know of him, however I didn't feel as if he were the villian here, however it becomes so toward the end, this one begins with Jedi Master Ca'Both & his apprentice Lorana Jinzler meeting with Palpatine in which we learn that Ca'Both is arrogant & practically talks down to Palpatine because of his refusal to fund his pet project, that being "Outbound Flight" a "Star Trek"-like vessel that Ca'Both wants to take beyond the reaches of the known galaxy, after a heroic display at a diplomatic meeting in which Ca'Both & Lorana along with Obi-Wan & Anakin save the day, Ca'Both's "Outbound Flight" is given the green light for it's maiden voyage to the stars, however Mace Windu has his doubts about Ca'Both & dispatches Obi-Wan & young Anakin to keep tabs on him during the flight, I had no problem with Obi-Wan & Anakin being secondary, unlike some readers, I felt that Mace's instincts were right, once "Outbound Flight" is underway, Ca'Both becomes a dictator to all those on the ship, so much that even Obi-Wan & Lorana are surprised at his behavoir & concerned rightly so, elsewhere Palpatine/Sideous dispatches one of his lackey's on a Trade Federation ship to intercept "Outbound Flight" & destroy it, however he halts its destruction when he learns that Anakin is on board & quickly makes a trip to get Obi-Wan & Anakin off so he can proceed with his diabolical plan, of course fans will know why he removes Anakin & Obi-Wan, elsewhere we are introduced to Thrawn as a young military commander who also learns of "Outbound Flight's" journey after the Trade Federation ship is found & detained & boarded by him & Car'das, it is here that he first meets Palpatine/Sideous & of course he uses Thrawn to do his dirty work for him, there are other sublots as well involving some mercenary type aliens who are enslaving an alien species & have a bone to pick with Thrawn, it didn't care much for this subplot, meanwhile as "Outbound Flight makes it's way to the unknown region of space where the Chiss rule, we see more of Ca'Both's dictatorship that creates resentment from the crew of families as he threatens to forcefully take Jedi-gifted children from their parents much to Lorana's disgust, some of the crew try to stage a mutiny, but are stopped by Ca'Both & confined, shortly therafter is when Thrawn begins his attack from the Trade Federation ship along with Trade Federation fighters & his onw personal army of Chiss warriors, "Outbound Flight" is severly crippled & damaged that it was at times difficult to read, however there is one moment when a bloodied Ca"Both is in a near death state, tries to force choke Thrawn to the point where Lorana feels it & realizes to her horror that Ca'Both has indeed gone to the darkside(think Kahn in "Star Trek II" on steroids as he activates the Genesis weapon) it is clear that Ca'Both is going to take Thrawn with him, however, he dies before he can succeed in force-choking Thrawn, but boy, did he come close, Lorana eventually stears the crippled ship to its fate, & Thrawn is later ousted by the Chiss for this misdeed it seems, all in all this was a good solid book, but left more to be desired, however "Surviovor's Quest" should wet my appetite for more, This is a must read for SW fans.
Review: One of the best fiction books I have ever read - I generally gave up on Star Wars books a long time ago. I got and enjoyed a few from the era of the new movies, but even that was a few years ago. However, I remembered how good the author was, and was pretty sure I would get a decent story out of this book. I was wrong. This is one of the best fiction books I have ever read. The quality of the writing is just superb. The main emphasis is actually outside of the Outbound Flight mission. The core characters are fully fleshed out and have all the ambiguities and uncertainties of real people. A lot of the other characters should come across as shallow, given the lack of detail and pages spent on them, but they do not. They are like background characters in a non-fiction biography: we know there is more detail to them, and it is not there because they are not the focus of the book. In fact, it is probably best to describe the book as a double biography, of Thrawn and Jorus C'baoth. The treatment of C'baoth is superb, especially since there is actually not that much about him. He is arrogant and overbearing and he would be impossible to put up with in person. However, his story evoked in me an enormous feeling of pity. This is a fundamentally noble person, who wants what is best for people, but his fear and his ego are combining to drag him into the darkness. The treatment of Thrawn is even better. The descriptions of the book are generally excellent, both in terms of how well we see the settings and events, and in what they see tells us about the characters. But we also get several descriptions of things and people by Thrawn. Sherlock Holmes is considerably outclassed when it comes to observation and deduction. Even in political maneuverings, Thrawn seems to match up with Darth Sidious. Finally, there are of course the battle scenes. Thrawn did some pretty awesome stuff as a Grand Admiral, with a gigantic battlefleet and advanced technology and a quarter of the Star Wars galaxy's resources. What he manages with a few light cruisers and their fighters just defies description. Thrawn is also a wonderfully complex character. I had intended to give a little summary of that character here, but I find I cannot do justice to the writing. I apologise for asking you to take my word for its quality. As you can probably guess, I would absolutely recommend reading this book. It is probably best if you have read Zahn's first Star Wars books, and have seen at least one of the new movies. However, the writing is so good, and the realism of the characters so deep, that I think - and hope - that it would reward any reader of fiction.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #327,746 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #544 in Science Fiction Adventures #569 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #1,026 in Space Operas |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,736 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome story set between TPM & AOTC
*by R***) on January 8, 2012*

I was somewhat unsure about this one, but had heard good things about it, I must confess I have never read the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy books, for some reason the "Thrawn" character I never cared much for given what I know of him, however I didn't feel as if he were the villian here, however it becomes so toward the end, this one begins with Jedi Master Ca'Both & his apprentice Lorana Jinzler meeting with Palpatine in which we learn that Ca'Both is arrogant & practically talks down to Palpatine because of his refusal to fund his pet project, that being "Outbound Flight" a "Star Trek"-like vessel that Ca'Both wants to take beyond the reaches of the known galaxy, after a heroic display at a diplomatic meeting in which Ca'Both & Lorana along with Obi-Wan & Anakin save the day, Ca'Both's "Outbound Flight" is given the green light for it's maiden voyage to the stars, however Mace Windu has his doubts about Ca'Both & dispatches Obi-Wan & young Anakin to keep tabs on him during the flight, I had no problem with Obi-Wan & Anakin being secondary, unlike some readers, I felt that Mace's instincts were right, once "Outbound Flight" is underway, Ca'Both becomes a dictator to all those on the ship, so much that even Obi-Wan & Lorana are surprised at his behavoir & concerned rightly so, elsewhere Palpatine/Sideous dispatches one of his lackey's on a Trade Federation ship to intercept "Outbound Flight" & destroy it, however he halts its destruction when he learns that Anakin is on board & quickly makes a trip to get Obi-Wan & Anakin off so he can proceed with his diabolical plan, of course fans will know why he removes Anakin & Obi-Wan, elsewhere we are introduced to Thrawn as a young military commander who also learns of "Outbound Flight's" journey after the Trade Federation ship is found & detained & boarded by him & Car'das, it is here that he first meets Palpatine/Sideous & of course he uses Thrawn to do his dirty work for him, there are other sublots as well involving some mercenary type aliens who are enslaving an alien species & have a bone to pick with Thrawn, it didn't care much for this subplot, meanwhile as "Outbound Flight makes it's way to the unknown region of space where the Chiss rule, we see more of Ca'Both's dictatorship that creates resentment from the crew of families as he threatens to forcefully take Jedi-gifted children from their parents much to Lorana's disgust, some of the crew try to stage a mutiny, but are stopped by Ca'Both & confined, shortly therafter is when Thrawn begins his attack from the Trade Federation ship along with Trade Federation fighters & his onw personal army of Chiss warriors, "Outbound Flight" is severly crippled & damaged that it was at times difficult to read, however there is one moment when a bloodied Ca"Both is in a near death state, tries to force choke Thrawn to the point where Lorana feels it & realizes to her horror that Ca'Both has indeed gone to the darkside(think Kahn in "Star Trek II" on steroids as he activates the Genesis weapon) it is clear that Ca'Both is going to take Thrawn with him, however, he dies before he can succeed in force-choking Thrawn, but boy, did he come close, Lorana eventually stears the crippled ship to its fate, & Thrawn is later ousted by the Chiss for this misdeed it seems, all in all this was a good solid book, but left more to be desired, however "Surviovor's Quest" should wet my appetite for more, This is a must read for SW fans.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best fiction books I have ever read
*by R***D on April 28, 2006*

I generally gave up on Star Wars books a long time ago. I got and enjoyed a few from the era of the new movies, but even that was a few years ago. However, I remembered how good the author was, and was pretty sure I would get a decent story out of this book. I was wrong. This is one of the best fiction books I have ever read. The quality of the writing is just superb. The main emphasis is actually outside of the Outbound Flight mission. The core characters are fully fleshed out and have all the ambiguities and uncertainties of real people. A lot of the other characters should come across as shallow, given the lack of detail and pages spent on them, but they do not. They are like background characters in a non-fiction biography: we know there is more detail to them, and it is not there because they are not the focus of the book. In fact, it is probably best to describe the book as a double biography, of Thrawn and Jorus C'baoth. The treatment of C'baoth is superb, especially since there is actually not that much about him. He is arrogant and overbearing and he would be impossible to put up with in person. However, his story evoked in me an enormous feeling of pity. This is a fundamentally noble person, who wants what is best for people, but his fear and his ego are combining to drag him into the darkness. The treatment of Thrawn is even better. The descriptions of the book are generally excellent, both in terms of how well we see the settings and events, and in what they see tells us about the characters. But we also get several descriptions of things and people by Thrawn. Sherlock Holmes is considerably outclassed when it comes to observation and deduction. Even in political maneuverings, Thrawn seems to match up with Darth Sidious. Finally, there are of course the battle scenes. Thrawn did some pretty awesome stuff as a Grand Admiral, with a gigantic battlefleet and advanced technology and a quarter of the Star Wars galaxy's resources. What he manages with a few light cruisers and their fighters just defies description. Thrawn is also a wonderfully complex character. I had intended to give a little summary of that character here, but I find I cannot do justice to the writing. I apologise for asking you to take my word for its quality. As you can probably guess, I would absolutely recommend reading this book. It is probably best if you have read Zahn's first Star Wars books, and have seen at least one of the new movies. However, the writing is so good, and the realism of the characters so deep, that I think - and hope - that it would reward any reader of fiction.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Star Wars Legitimacy
*by S***N on January 17, 2013*

You will enjoy this novel if you are curious regarding the back-story of Thrawn, or if you enjoy the Star Wars universe but deplore the quality of writing rampant throughout. Being of the latter persuasion, I picked this up based on Timothy Zahn's name alone. I generally have no interest in the side characters of Star Wars, and when I do, they are usually Jedi. This novel does not feature any Jedi per se. Lorana Jinzler, padawan of C'baoth is the only Jedi Zahn develops as more than a counterpoint to main characters. However, even her involvement is secondary to that of the Thrawn storyline. If you are not familiar with Zahn's work, then the most important fact to realize is that Zahn understands his characters. The most common failing I witness in Star Wars novels is the lack of established personality in characters that have been richly developed by Lucas and others. When Zahn puts words in the mouth of Luke, Han, Leia, and the rest, they aren't cringe-inducing, unsophisticated and uncharacteristic. Zahn is not the only author to avoid this blunder, but his company is few. Beyond that, Zahn also has a flair for the mechanics of story-telling. He doesn't "overplot" - the characters drive, and the plot is the terrain they maneuver through. At the same time (and to take the analogy further), Zahn doesn't set them down in a featureless expanse. There are twists and revelations that are a joy to uncover without being so overly complicated as to be distracting, nor are they so simple that they're self-evident and anti-climactic. For criticism, I will say that Zahn (at least in this novel) barely goes beyond the surface when he writes of Jedi. For me, this didn't detract from the value of the story, but made me wonder what would the result be if Zahn truly threw himself into the intricacies of Jedi politics, the mysteries of the Force, and the moral implications of the balance of good and evil when physically embodied in superhuman agents. He does something similar with a minor antagonist species - they are a two-dimensional evil race that are given no redeeming qualities. However, my criticism there is debatable. I personally find it lazy when villains (even minor, somewhat unimportant ones) are purely evil and easily hated, but the Star Wars universe is rife with such simple archetypes. I have a preference, but I don't have an answer. For those of you who haven't tackled "Heir to the Empire," I would recommend you start there. This novel is excellent, but definitely peripheral to his wonderful trilogy. For those who have enjoyed the trilogy, here's a bit more of a memorable character and a bit of Jedi heroism for seasoning.

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