Specter of the Past (Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn, Book 1)

A great start to a duology that ties up a couple loose ends from the Thrawn Trilogy.

In my opinion this is just as good as the original Thrawn trilogy, Zahn returns to the world of star wars novels with a fast paced and well thought out story. It takes a while to get into as theres a lot going on. At first i found it hard to keep track of all the different plots but as they start to come together the story takes shape and i couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the concluding...more

In my opinion this is just as good as the original Thrawn trilogy, Zahn returns to the world of star wars novels with a fast paced and well thought out story. It takes a while to get into as theres a lot going on. At first i found it hard to keep track of all the different plots but as they start to come together the story takes shape and i couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the concluding part.   hide

I love Star Wars books, and Zahn does it best.

Very intresting reading.

Book 1/2 in the set concluding the Galactic Civil war. Highly recommended for fans of Timothy Zahn's characters.

This is a review of the entire Duology which contains Spoilers if you haven't read Vision of the Future. http://yodamarie.blogspot.com/2008/01/hand-of-thrawn.html

The best Zahn set IMHO. The writing in this book brings the star wars characters to life, and his writing style has matured since Heir to the Empire.

Timothy Zahn continues his brilliant elaboration on the Star Wars Expanded Universe. With this intriguing story of the trials suffered by the New Republic, he once again cements himself as one of the best authors to contribute to the ever going saga of Luke, Han, Leia and those two lovable droids (C3PO

Timothy Zahn's mastercraft of a political thriller