When Alliance forces intercept a Bakuran message to the Emperor pleading for help, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo travel to the far-flung Imperial world and encounter its cold-blooded reptilian invaders.
When Alliance forces intercept a Bakuran message to the Emperor pleading for help, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo travel to the far-flung Imperial world and encounter its cold-blooded reptilian invaders.
No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burnedto ashes on Endor than the Alliance intercepts acall for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost.Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first tomeet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptilian invaderswho, once allied with the now dead Emperor, areapproaching Imperial space with only one goal; totaldomination. Princess Leia sees the mission as anopportunity to achieve a diplomatic victory for theAlliance. But it assumes even greater importancewhen a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to LukeSkywalker with the message that he must go toBakura-or risk losing everything the Rebels have foughtso desperately to achieve.
Kathy Tyers is the author of the Firebird series (Firebird, Fusion Fire, Crown of Fire, andDaystar) and stand-alone science fiction (Shivering World, Crystal Witness, and One Mind's Eye).She has also written several original Star Wars stories, including the New York Timesbestselling novel The Truce at Bakura. She lives in southwestern Montana.
No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned to ashes on Endor than the Alliance faces a new challenge at the far-flung Imperial outpost of Bakura. The Ssi-ruuk, a race of cold-blooded reptilian invaders, plan to enslave human minds to pilot their invincible machines of war and destruction. With the hope of turning Bakura's loyalties toward the fledgling New Republic with defensive aid, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia race to the besieged planet. Yet, as the eve of the final onslaught rapidly approaches, Rebel and Imperial forces still must come to terms with each other. And there is already evidence of a traitor hidden in their midst....
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