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Chargement... Scoundrelspar Timothy Zahn
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HTML:To make his biggest score, Hans ready to take even bigger risks. But even he cant do this job solo. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star and landed the first serious blow to the Empire in its war against the Rebel Alliance. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, Hans got nothing to celebrate. Especially since hes deep in debt to the ruthless crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Theres a bounty on Hans headand if he cant cough up the credits, hell surely pay with his hide. The only thing that can save him is a kings ransom. Or maybe a gangsters fortune? Thats what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Hans less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabbaand ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again. All he has to do is infiltrate the ultra-fortified stronghold of a Black Sun crime syndicate underboss and crack the galaxys most notoriously impregnable safe. It sounds like a job for miracle workers . . . or madmen. So Han assembles a gallery of rogues who are a little of bothincluding his indispensable sidekick Chewbacca and the cunning Lando Calrissian. If anyone can dodge, deceive, and defeat heavily armed thugs, killer droids, and Imperial agents alikeand pull off the heist of the centuryits Solos scoundrels. But will their crime really pay, or will it cost them the ultimate price? Praise for Scoundrels Rapid-fire adventure [that] adds yet another dimension of enjoyment to a rousing galactic romp.Library Journal Highly entertaining . . . excellent Star Wars . . . There are many twists and turns [and] Zahn manages to find ways to twist them one step further than youd expect.Examiner.com [Scoundrels] brings freshness to the franchise.USA Today. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Despite this being published 10 years ago, the spirit of this fictional universe remains true!
Taking place right after the movie Star Wars, Han finds himself trying to find a lucrative job to get Jabba off his back. When he’s approached to put together a team to retrieve stolen goods, the lure of equally splitting over 160 million credits is too strong to pass up despite the fact that Han’s not actually an expert in thievery.
This is mission impossible to the max as Han and his team of scoundrels (so called experts in people skills, tech, explosives, surveillance, and specialty item “acquirement”) must breach an impenetrable fortress. To up the ante, they discover an extra lure to the job - a set of data cards that holds a plethora of blackmail material that many parties would be interested in. However, it soon becomes apparent that they’re not dealing with just another rote criminal but the notorious all powerful Black Sun crime syndicate. Toss in the Empire who also has a huge stake in acquiring the data cards, and this job just got potentially deadly real fast.
Reassuredly, in Zahn’s capable hands, multiple plot threads are going at once. The Star Wars world building and layering is impressive as twists, turns, enemies and friends, all become interchangeable. This works best by showcasing Han’s fly by the seat of his pants bravado that seems to consistently come out on the winning side and is always highly entertaining. It doesn't hurt that his entire team is impressive with their skills and ingenuity with great shoutouts to Lando and Chewie!
So, if you want a fun high stakes heist set in the Star Wars universe, then this should not disappoint!
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