Traces the origins of Thrawn, one of the most ruthless warriors in the Galactic Empire, and the events behind his rise in the Imperial ranks.

As Captain Antonio Santana and his crew of biobods and cyborgs confront overwhelming odds in the war with the Ramanthian, his true love, diplomat Christine Vanderveen must deal with treacherous allies and the new president of the Clone Republic.

After awakening one hundred years after his death at the hands of a haywire AI, Thorvald Spear vows revenge on the machine intelligence and marshalls Isobel Satomi, former criminal and part AI herself, to his cause.

Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.

Luke Skywalker joins the Rebel Alliance to help defeat the evil Galactic Empire.

Rhemun, commander of the Cehn-Tahr Holconcom, has worked tirelessly to get where he is--and he's not going to let any human drag him back down. Especially not Lt. Commander Edris Mallory, whose very presence aboard the Morcai serves as a too-painful reminder of a past tragedy he can neither forgive nor forget. But Mallory has secrets of her own--ones she can't afford to see come to light. Frantic to protect herself, she flees, abandoning her position....

Dieter Lanz's regiment, "The Scarlets", is called into battle when an orc army starts a rampage across the country. The Scarlet's are defeated and now Hochland is threatened with collapse.

CEO Artur Drakon has been betrayed. The Syndic government failed to protect its citizens from both the Alliance and the alien enigmas. With a cadre of loyal soldiers under his command, Drakon launches a battle for control of the Midway Star System--assisted by an ally he's unsure he can trust.

Gunner and Jaz, part of a team of humans working on Mars, are successful in mining some energy crystals discovered in a canyon.