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MediaDB / «The Path of the Survivor" by Timothy Zahn: download fb2, read online
About the book: year / Sometimes it seems that the work of a Jedi is endless. Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this better than anyone. Although they are connected by a thread of the Force, even three years after their wedding, the Jedi Master and his wife are still getting used to family life - and seizing rare moments when they can be together. But everything changes when the two of them go on an unexpected journey, where they will use their extraordinary skills to defeat a dangerous enemy... and reclaim a piece of the Jedi's past. It all begins with a message from an unexpected source: the planet Nirauan, where Thrawn, Emperor Palpatine's formidable lieutenant, once ruled. The text of the message itself is no less surprising. Nirauan is notified that after half a century, the remains of the "Over-Long Flight" - a Jedi research expedition that was mercilessly destroyed by Thrawn - have been found. Now the local inhabitants, true to their duty of honor, want to transfer the remains to the New Republic. Accepting this gesture of goodwill means embarking on a long journey deep into the star cluster where thousands of living beings aboard the Outrider met their fate. But whatever lies ahead, the Skywalkers will not be alone. Joining them on this strange expedition will be an officer from the post-Palpatine Empire accompanied by a squad of Imperial stormtroopers, a group of diplomats from a gentle alien race who deeply honor the fallen Jedi, and an ambassador from the New Republic who pursues its own mysterious goals. Very soon, due to general suspicion, secrecy and the actions of an unknown saboteur, the atmosphere on board the ship becomes tense. But a much more formidable danger lurks behind the dilapidated bulkheads of the Ultra Long Flight itself, which was buried under the surface of a desert planetoid half a century ago. And the last and most important test will be a deadly trap, skillfully set by enemies whose ruthlessness is legendary... And these enemies are not averse to finishing what Thrawn started - destroying the Jedi.