作者：蒂莫西·紮恩，美國科幻與奇幻作傢，“雨果奬”得主。他創作瞭十部《星球大戰》長篇小說，其中頗負盛名的便是“索龍三部麯”。該係列的三部作品均榮登《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜，並促使盧卡斯拍攝瞭“星戰前傳”電影。

譯者：硃學恒，齣生於中國颱灣，著名奇幻、科幻譯者，代錶譯作有《魔戒》《龍槍》等。

The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn's command, the Republic has one last hope--sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C'baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he had already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.