Vision of the Future by Timothy Zahn (1999, Paperback, Reissue)

Visions of the Future is a softcover book written by Timothy Zahn. The softcover book was released in 1999 by Bantam Spectra books. A hardcover version was released in 1998.

Visions of the Future is the ending book of a two part series written by Timothy Zahn. Zahn is the predominate writer in the Star Wars universe and this book does not let us down.

Summary:

For a beleaguered Empire, desperate times call for desperate measures. Sowing discord among the fragile coalition of the New Republic, remnants of the once powerful Empire make one last play for victory. Having implicated the Bothans in the genocide of the Caamas, they now plan an attack on Han and Leia that is also blamed on the Bothans. If they are successful, the New Republic will be torn asunder. To prevent inevitable disaster, Luke, Leia, Han, and their friends must prove the Bothans innocent and reveal the Empire's treachery. But time is running out. The cunning Major Tierce has joined with the ambitious Moff Disra in the Empire's master plan. At its heart lies the most elaborate con of all: the rumor that the legendary Grand Admiral Thrawn, long believed dead, has returned to lead the Empire to a prophesied triumph. The news of Thrawn's return is already rallying Imperial forces against the New Republic.

As Leia travels to a secret rendezvous with an Imperial commander who claims to want peace, Han and Lando Calrissian journey into enemy territory to learn the truth of Caamas's destruction. Meanwhile, Luke and Mara Jade infiltrate a hidden fortress where Thrawn's most fanatical followers await his call to arms. And Talon Karrde returns to his underworld past and a brutal crime lord whose knowledge may save the Republic. But it is the truth about Thrawn that is most important. In his hands—alive or dead—rests the fate of the New Republic.

An awesome book. This set's up almost everything in the New Jedi Order series!

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I've loved Star Wars books ever since I read the Young Jedi Knight series years ago as a child when it had just started. Oddly enough, it wasn't until just recently I read a Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn. I was amazed at his storytelling ability and immediately had to get the next one in the series, eventually coming to Vision of the Future. Timothy Zahn does a masterful job with the Star Wars universe, reinvigorating it with each book.

Vision of the Future does a beautiful job finishing the Hand of Thrawn storyline, hinted at in the Thrawn trilogy, that started in the book Specter of the Past. With the New Republic on the brink of civil war and rumors of Thrawn's return escalating, the heroes of the New Republic, Luke, Han, Leia, and their friends, must stand together and finish the war with the remnants of the empire once and for all....