Star Wars - Black Fleet Crisis - Shield of Lies
The New Republic's triumph grows ever more precarious in the face of an arrogant race bent on war, as the bestselling Star Wars saga continues....

As Leia must deal with a new threat to the fragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomatic solution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha race, Han pilots a spy ship into the heart of Yevethan space and faces a vast fleet of warships under the command of a ruthless leader—a fleet more than a match for the New Republic's forces....
Fiction, Han Solo (Fictitious character), Luke Skywalker (Fictitious character), Princess Leia (Fictitious character), Science fiction
Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Michael Paul Kube-McDowell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although he is known primarily for his science fiction novels, he has also composed music, written for television, written for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica. He has written more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "scientific creationism" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education. He was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985 White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. His short fiction has been featured in Analog, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, as well as anthologies After the Flames and Perpetual Light. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the TV series Tales from the Darkside.