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Timothy Zahn


Timothy Zahn is one of science fiction's most popular voices, known for pitting realistic human characters against a well-researched background of future science and technology. He won the Hugo Award for his novella Cascade Point and is the author of eighteen science fiction novels, including two Star Wars® series: the bestselling trilogy Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command and the Hand of Thrawn series, Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future. He is also the author of the novels Conquerors' Pride, Conquerors' Heritage, and Conquerors' Legacy and three collections of short fiction. Timothy Zahn...

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Star Wars(r) Allegiance
Written by Timothy Zahn

Paperback | 432 pages | LucasBooks | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In
978-0-345-47739-2 (0-345-47739-1)

December 26, 2007 | $10.99



Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn’s trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellion–fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker...


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Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: Dark Force Rising
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Anthony Daniels

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-75412-4 (0-553-75412-2)

February 20, 2007 | $12.95



The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord--Grand Admiral Thrawn--has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic's destruction. With the aid of unimaginable weapons long hidden away by the Emperor on a backwater planet, Thrawn plans to turn the...

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Star Wars: Outbound Flight
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Jonathan Davis

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-7393-5702-6 (0-7393-5702-6)

February 20, 2007 | $19.95





Also available as an abridged audio CD.

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Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn: Specter of the Past
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Anthony Heald

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-75338-7 (0-553-75338-X)

February 20, 2007 | $12.95



Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn makes his triumphant return to the Star Wars(r) universe in this first of an epic new two-volume series in which the New Republic must face its most dangerous enemy yet--a dead Imperial warlord.

The Empire stands at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved their...

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Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: The Last Command
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Anthony Daniels

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-75415-5 (0-553-75415-7)

February 20, 2007 | $12.95



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...

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Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Denis Lawson

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-75486-5 (0-553-75486-6)

February 20, 2007 | $12.95



It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And...

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Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Anthony Heald

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-75341-7 (0-553-75341-X)

February 20, 2007 | $12.95



Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn brings his epic two-volume series The Hand of Thrawn to an explosive conclusion with a discovery that rocks the New Republic to its foundations--and threatens to resurrect the Empire.

The Empire's master plan is under way. The New Republic is on the verge of civil war and...

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Star Wars Outbound Flight
Written by Timothy Zahn

Paperback | 480 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In
978-0-345-45684-7 (0-345-45684-X)

January 30, 2007 | $10.99



It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable–and doomed–Outbound Flight Project.

The Clone Wars have yet to...

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Star Wars Outbound Flight
Written by Timothy Zahn

Hardcover | 464 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In
978-0-345-45683-0 (0-345-45683-1)

January 31, 2006 | $37.95



It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery–only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable–and doomed–Outbound Flight Project.

The Clone Wars have yet to...

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Star Wars: Outbound Flight
Written by Timothy Zahn
Read by Jonathan Davis

Abridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera
978-0-7393-0324-5 (0-7393-0324-4)

January 31, 2006 | $42.00





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Star Wars: Survivor's Quest
Written by Timothy Zahn

Paperback | 480 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In
978-0-345-45918-3 (0-345-45918-0)

December 28, 2004 | $10.99



Sometimes it seems a Jedi’s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple—and struggling to find...

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Fool's Bargain
Written by Timothy Zahn

eBook | pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In; Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Science Fiction - Adventure
978-0-345-47090-4 (0-345-47090-7)

February 3, 2004 | $5.50



Includes an exclusive excerpt from the eagerly anticipated novel STAR WARS: SURVIVOR'S QUEST by Timothy Zahn (Hardcover, on-sale: February 3, 2004) and an interview with the author.

THE EMPIRE STRIKES A DEAL

The history of the planet Kariek has been one of seemingly endless violence— thanks to the constantly erupting revolutions among the...


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Star Wars: Survivor's Quest
Written by Timothy Zahn

Hardcover | 384 pages | Del Rey | Fiction - Science Fiction - Space Opera; Fiction - Movie or Television Tie-In
978-0-345-45916-9 (0-345-45916-4)

February 3, 2004 | $39.95



Sometimes it seems a Jedi’s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple—and struggling to find...

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The Icarus Hunt
Written by Timothy Zahn

Paperback | 464 pages | Spectra | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-57391-6 (0-553-57391-8)

July 5, 2000 | $10.99



From Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars® series, comes an  original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history.

Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for...


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Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future
Written by Timothy Zahn

Paperback | 704 pages | Spectra | Fiction - Science Fiction
978-0-553-57879-9 (0-553-57879-0)

September 1, 1999 | $9.99



Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn brings his epic two-volume series The Hand of Thrawn to an explosive conclusion with a discovery that rocks the New Republic to its foundations--and threatens to resurrect the Empire.

The Empire's master plan is under way. The New Republic is on the verge of civil war and...

Also available as an abridged audiobook download.

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