The book, which is set five years after the events 1999 film star wars. Now specter of the past shows it wasnt by accident. Marc thompson delivers another amazing performance in specter of the past, book 1 of the hand of thrawn duology. For those of you not aware, at the end of the book that follows this one, they decide to get married. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Hugo awardwinning author timothy zahn makes his triumphant return to the star warsr universe in this first of an epic new twovolume series in which the new republic must face its most dangerous enemy yeta dead imperial warlord. Download specter of the past or read specter of the past online books in pdf, epub and mobi format. The empire, in a much smaller form, is back and trying to stir up trouble in the new republic. Introduced in the 1991 timothy zahn novel heir to the empire, he is an imperial military commander who has taken control of the galactic empire s remaining forces five years after the events of the 1983 film return of the jedi.
And after you read the next one, you will realize the story in specter of the past is. It was first published by bantam spectra on november 3, 1997. Specter of the past booksamillion online book store. Bantam spectras spectre of the past is book one of the hand of thrawn duology by award winning timothy zahn, author of the historic thrawn trilogy. The hand of thrawn by timothy zahn author marc thompson narrator. A long time ago timothy zahns heir to the empire sparked interest again in star wars and its novels. His voices for han solo and lando calrissian are uncannily accurate, and make it very easy to picture harrison ford and billy dee williams as they mightve portrayed the story in a film. Facing incredible odds, han as well as leia start a desperate race against time to stop the new republic from unraveling when faced with two strange dangers one from within and also one from without. Specter of the past ebook king county library system.
To me, specter of the past was a setup novel for the next book in duology. It involves an imperial moff, a major, and a con artist that create a fantastical illusion of power. Its vast majority concurred with what the star wars motion pictures gave us. Specter of the past is a great book if you no one does star wars quite like timothy zahn. Buy a cheap copy of heir to the empire book by timothy zahn. It brings up and references past events and characters from the whole bantam spectra era, especially the thrawn trilogy, and does a nice job of making the characters remember all their past adventures.
But theres a new threat of political upheaval when evidence surfaces that entangles the bothan people who may have been behind the destruction of a. I remember it coming out of nowhere and reading this book again, there didnt seem to be much hint of romance happening this time through, either. Specter of the past is the first in the hand of thrawn duology, timothy zahns spectacular return to the star wars universe after his incredible thrawn trilogy began the renewed expanded universe. Specter of the past hugo awardwinning author timothy zahn makes his triumphant return to the star warsr universe in this first of an epic new twovolume series in which the new republic must face its most dangerous enemy yeta dead imperial warlord. Specter of the past 1997 is the first of the two hand of thrawn novels by timothy zahn, which follow his thrawn trilogy. The book masterly provides well thought out schemes, plans, and events leading to book two of the duology, vision of the future, both definitely did not displease. Even though this book takes place about ten years after those books i found that timothy zahn picked up where he left off quite well. This book had a plot that was far more involved than your average star wars novel. Star wars specter of the past audiobook by timothy zahn.
Zahn is best known for his star wars novels heir to the empire, dark force rising, the last command, specter of the past, vision of the future, survivors quest, outbound flight, allegiance, choices of one, and scoundrels, with more than four million copies of his books in print. This book had a story that was far more involved than your ordinary celebrity wars story. His trilogy heir to the empire, dark force rising, and the last command did almost as much as the movie. Grand admiral thrawn is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. If you like 1 month unlimited audiobook listening 12. His trilogy heir to the empire, dark force rising, and the last command did almost as much as the movie trilogys rerelease to create new interest in luke, leia, and han solo. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Timothy zahn is one of the reasons why i read star wars novels, and his continuing storyline continues in these books and. Specter of the past is an excellent title for this book.
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There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. The hand of thrawn, book 1 by timothy zahn audiobook try our site with free audio books. Episode i the phantom menace, tells the story of the mysterious outbound flight project mentioned in heir to the empire 1991, specter of the past 1997, vision of the future 1998, and survivors quest 2004. Specter of the past is all about setting up the plot of the next title, vision of the future, which is up to par with the thrawn trilogy novels.
Click download or read online button to get specter of the past book now. In specter of the past, the events of the corellian trilogy have forced princess leia to take a leave of absence from her post of chief of state. The card is strongest when run in a deck with mostly minions, allowing you to draw three cards far more consistently. Specter is pretty much the setup, vision is everything coming to a head. Books closer to level 1 are easier to read and understand, more important, and of higher quality.
Mar 31, 2017 hi, im big cal and welcome to my world youtube channel. Fiction, luke skywalker fictitious character, princess leia fictitious character, star wars fiction. This is the first of two book sequel to the grand admiral thrawn trilogy. And after you read the next one, you will realize the story in specter of the past is the perfect setup for the following novel. If youre finding the first book to be a bit slow, just be aware that specter of the past and vision of the future were originally meant to be one book that were broken apart at a later point in the writing process.
Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Im 45, and while i have actually been a celebrity wars follower since the initial. Star wars specter of the past audiobook audiobooks free. Other books include the cobra series, the quadrail series. This book really doesnt follow that well from the rather excellent thrawn trilogy that precedes it. Hugo awardwinning author timothy zahn makes his triumphant re. Narration for the unabridged audio version was performed by marc thompson. His trilogy heir to the empire, dark force rising, and the last command did almost as much as the movie trilogys rerelease to create new. Indeed, hero cards and weapons are not minions, yet they are not discarded by the book. But they have saved their most heinous plan for last.
First a plot is hatched that could destroy the new. Zahn yet again proves why he is the undisputed fan favorite. Specter of the past book by timothy zahn thriftbooks. What i like most around this book is that this is the culmination of the partnership between luke and also mara. From hugo awardwinning author timothy zahn, whose unprecedented bestselling trilogy continued the. Hero cards and weapons are not minions, yet they are not discarded by the book. Specter of the past is the first book in the hand of thrawn duology by timothy zahn. Note if the content not found, you must refresh this page manually. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading specter of the past. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Star wars legends the hand of thrawn ebook written by timothy zahn. Specter of the past i believe does a good job serving the sequel role. Here is a quick description and cover image of book specter of the past star wars. Star wars books specter of the past hand of thrawn book 1. Narration for the abridged audio version was performed by anthony heald. Timothy zahn timothy zahn is the master of the star wars novel. You can read this before specter of the past star wars. He knows how to play the characters just right and make good use of the different factions in the star wars universe to make for an interesting story. However, there is one factor one must consider this was originally one book but had to be split into two due to size. Hi, im big cal and welcome to my world youtube channel. Timothy zahn in this first volume of the twovolume series the hand of thrawn, princess leia struggles against all odds to hold the new republic together while luke skywalker pursues a mysterious group of.