Well, until that came to pass, Jax knew he couldn’t be too careful.Īnd speaking of erring on the side of caution. And until he gazed upon Vader’s corpse with his own eyes, until he could reach out and touch him with the tendrils that constituted his own connection with the living Force and sense no reciprocation. Even though he hadn’t sensed the Dark Lord’s uniquely powerful indentation in the fabric of the Force lately, it was difficult to conceive of such power, such concentrated evil, being gone, being over, being done. if Vader was, against all odds, still alive. Even something as minor as that could alert Darth Vader to their movements. It was tempting, but best not to take the chance. He let his tension go with a soft rush of air and ignored the urge to reach out with the Force to give the dispatcher a nudge.

Jax Pavan, his hands on the Far Ranger’s steering yoke, realized he was holding his breath as he waited for the Westport flight dispatcher to approve their departure plan. No one, that was, except for the Far Ranger’s crew and her lone passenger. No one listening-or, more to the point, no vocal analyzer scanning-would know that, in reality, the Sakiyan merchant was sitting in a safe house somewhere in the twilight warren near the Westport, plotting infamy against the Empire. I-Five’s mimicry of Tuden Sal’s gruff voice was flawless. “Sakiyan freighter Far Ranger requesting clearance for departure.” Her short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula and British Science Fiction awards. She is also the co-author of Magic Time: Angelfire, and has contributed a plenitude of short fiction to such magazines as Analog, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Paradox, and Interzone. Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Shadow Games, and Star Wars: Coruscant Nights: Patterns of Force, as well as the author of the novels The Meri, Taminy, The Crystal Rose, and The Spirit Gate. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is the co-author (with Michael Reaves) of Star He is also the co-writer (with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) of the last two Star Wars: Coruscant Nights novels- Patterns of Force and The Last Jedi-and Star Wars: Shadow Games, as well as (with Steve Perry) Star Wars: Death Star and the Star Wars: MedStar novels Battle Surgeons and Jedi Healer. Reaves is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter and the first two Star Wars: Coruscant Nights novels Jedi Twilight and Street of Shadows.

He has worked for Spielberg’s DreamWorks, among other studios, and has written fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. Michael Reaves received an Emmy Award for his work on the Batman television animated series.

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