LEGENDS
Written by: A. C. Crispin
Published on: May 5, 1997
Published by: Bantam Spectra
Pages: 336
Timeline: 10 BBY
Key characters: Han Solo
Era: Rise of the Empire
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Publisher’s Summary
Before the Star Wars movies, before the titanic battles that freed the galaxy from the iron grip of the Empire, here is the never-before-told story of the young Han Solo. In Book One of this exciting new trilogy, the famed rogue, con man, smuggler, and thief struggles to survive on a sinister world where the chief export is slavery.
He was a child without a past, a Corellian street urchin, abandoned, foraging for scraps of food, when the cruel Garris Shrike whisked him away to a nomadic band of spacefaring criminals. Now, years later, chafing under Shrike’s sadistic tyranny, driven by dreams of adventure and glory, Han fights his way free. His goal: to become an Imperial Navy pilot. But first he needs hands-on experience flying spacecraft, and for that he takes a job on the planet Ylesia—a steaming world of religious fanaticism, illicit drugs, and alluring sensuality…where dreams are destroyed and escape is impossible.
Quick Summary
Before joining the rebellion against the Empire, young Han Solo was an aspiring Imperial Navy pilot willing to do anything, anywhere, to learn how to fly starships.
Book Details
Audience: Adult
Author: A. C. Crispin
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Publication date: May 5, 1997
Language: English
ISBN-10: 553574159
ISBN-13: 978-0553574159
Pages: 336 (hardcover)