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Dark Tide 1: Onslaught
Dark Tide 1: Onslaught is the second book of the New Jedi Order series. After the costly victory told of in Star Wars: Vector Prime, the New Republic is caught off guard as they discover that the battle fleet they defeated is nothing more than an advance scout force. The Yuuzhan Vong's fleet rapidly pushes towards more populated areas of the galaxy, leaving the new republic to scamble in an attempt to stop them. As the alien forces approach the planet of Dubrillion, hero's both old and n...
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Dark Tide II: Ruin
Dark Tide II: Ruin completes the Dark Tide Duology and takes its place as the third book in the New Jedi Order series. The Yuuzhan Vong forces in the outer rim of the galaxy are beginning to seem unstoppable. For every tactic the New Republic learns to counter the Yuuzhan come back with a new one. Jedi Knights Jacen Solo and Corran Horn are sent to the planet of Garqi on a scouting mission, where they discover a secret that could devastate the Yuuzhan Vong ground forces. The Yuuzhan Vong too rea...
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson's breakthrough novel. Notable for its intense, break-neck style and dystopian capitalistic future, the novel revitalized the cyberpunk genre, introduced the world to online alter egos, and instantly put its author on the science fiction map as a star.
Set in the near future, Snow Crash follows the adventures and mis-adventures of its protagonist, Hiro Protagonist, as he unravels the mystery surrounding a virus that blurs the boundary between the d...
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Star Wars - The Courtship of Princess Leia
The battle of Endor saw the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader as well as some of the best the Imperial Starfleet had in store. The Empire still has some powerful people in play, including Warlord Zsinj, who has allegiance of almost a third of the galaxy. He is in command of one of the few Imperial Super Stardestroyers, the Iron Fist, giving the newly formed New Republic a serious challenge.
The main plot of the book is about a the courtship of Leia, obviously, where the Hap...
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Star Wars: Allegiance
Set between Episdoe IV and Episode V, Allegiance shows how the characters have evolved in those pivotal years. Luke's no comfident Jedi Knight- just a farmboy with a lightsaber and a reputation to uphold. Han the sarcastic, cocky smuggler- and Leia the one who is growing into the linchpin that would hold the Rebellion together. And finally, Mara Jade- Emperor's hand.
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Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
Taking place right where Revenge of the Sith ended, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader chronicles the rise of the new Galactic Empire, Darth Vader's struggles with his own place in the galaxy, and the birth of the Rebellion. With nothing to stop him, the Emperor sets his sights on Kashyyyk- and its fledging Jedi.
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Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
With the Sith order seemingly destroyed by the valiant Jedi at Ruusan, there seems to be a new era of peace in the galaxy... or not.
Meet Darth Bane, the last surviving Sith Lord. Follow him as he sets out to recreate the Sith order, a new Sith order- one that will hide in the shadows, to sneak and plot, with only a master and an apprentice. So that when the Jedi were complacent... the Sith would rise again.
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Star Wars: The Cestus Deception
With the advent of a new series of Force-Sensitive Separatist droids, Obi-Wan and Kit Fisto are sent to Cestus, the prodcution site for the droids in an effort to convince the leadership to switch production to the Republic.
In the meantime, Kit Fisto begins to create a nascent rebellion- only to be nearly stopped by the arrival of Asajj Ventress. A great book for Star Wars fans.
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Star Wars: Vector Prime
The first book of an exciting new series in the Star Wars universe. The series is known as the New Jedi Order series and tells of an unheard of alien race with strange technology and a dangerous belief system invading the star wars galaxy. The war between the Empire and the New Republic is over but this new threat combined with dissention among the New Republic planets threatens to tear the galaxy apart in yet another galactic war. Vector Prime begins with the first scouting fleets of the Yuuzha...
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