John Ostrander is the author of Star Wars: Twilight, as well as Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, the official adaptation of the smash-hit sequel! Jan Duursema has worked on a number of Star Wars titles, including Darth Maul Twilight, and the official Episode II adaptation. Haden Blackman is a producer at LucasArts and writer of Star Wars Starfighter: Crossbones. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

The tyranny has ended, but what will take its place? Five years after Return of the Jedi, Leia and Han are married and have shouldered heavy burdens in the government of the New Republic, and Luke Skywalker is the first in a hoped-for new line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor's warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the remains of the Imperial fleet. Thrawn has made two vital discoveries that could destroy the Rebel Alliance's New Republic — two discoveries whose names both end in Solo!