But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy.
But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail.Īnd the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home.
Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. What you should do is tell everyone to leave." Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. "An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe. Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations-and the odds are against them. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.ĭetective Miller is looking for a girl. A secret that someone is willing to kill for-and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. Humanity has colonized the solar system-Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond-but the stars are still out of our reach. Honor Among Thieves: Star Wars Legends by James S. Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends by Martha WellsĢ.
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From teeming city streets to a lethal jungle to a trap-filled alien temple, Han, Chewbacca, Leia, and their daring new comrade confront one ambush, double cross, and firestorm after another as they try to keep crucial intel out of Imperial hands.īut even with the crack support of Luke Skywalker’s x-wing squadron, the Alliance heroes may be hopelessly outgunned in their final battle for the highest of stakes: the power to liberate the galaxy from tyranny or ensure the Empire’s reign of darkness forever.ġ. Scarlet wants to track down the thief and steal the bounty herself, and Han has no choice but to go along if he’s to keep everyone involved from getting themselves killed. A pirate plans to sell a cache of stolen secrets that the Empire would destroy entire worlds to protect-including the planet where Leia is currently meeting with rebel sympathizers. After all, for a guy who broke into an Imperial cell block and helped destroy the Death Star, the assignment sounds simple enough.īut when Han locates the brash rebel agent, Scarlet Hark, she’s determined to stay behind enemy lines. When the mission is to extract a high-level rebel spy from the very heart of the Empire, Leia Organa knows the best man for the job is Han Solo-something the princess and the smuggler can finally agree on. When the Empire threatens the galaxy’s new hope, will Han, Luke, and Leia become its last chance?