Almost Dead Guy: Chorn, the stormtrooper with an infected arm whose the last one left at the Ryloth garrison when the Rebels role in.The Alcatraz: Chewie is being held in one of the Empire's most secure prisons, Ashmead's Lock.Alas, Poor Villain: Sloane's reaction to having to kill her treacherous aide Adea Rite does this, although Adea's actions don't inspire enough sympathy for even reader to feel the same.Vice Admiral Perwin Gedde is a spice addict while Grand Moff Lozen Tolruck prefers a narcotic tree sap called hragathir. Addled Addict: A couple of examples, both of them Imperial.It is followed by Aftermath: Empire's End. Meanwhile, out in the Unknown Regions and the Outer Rim secret plans are being made and the foundation being laid for the Empire's rebirth as the First Order. Sloane, increasingly wary of her commanding officer - the mysterious Fleet Admiral - desperately searches for a means to save the crumbling Empire from oblivion. Norra Wexley and her band of rebels are busy hunting down high-ranking Imperials with Admiral Rae Sloane at the top of their list. Life Debt is the second novel in the Star Wars Expanded Universe's Aftermath trilogy by Chuck Wendig, taking place a few short months after the Battle of Akiva in Star Wars: Aftermath. But they can't anticipate the true depth of the danger that awaits them or the ruthlessness of the enemy drawing them into his crosshairs. The attempt to liberate Kashyyyk has carried Han Solo, Chewbacca and a band of smugglers into an ambush resulting in Chewie's capture and Han s disappearance.īreaking away from their official mission and racing toward the 'Millennium Falcon''s last known location, Norra and her crew prepare for any challenge that stands between them and their missing comrades. But the hunt for Sloane is cut short when Norra receives an urgent request from Princess Leia Organa. Even as more and more officers are brought to justice, Sloane continues to elude the New Republic, and Norra fears Sloane may be searching for a means to save the crumbling Empire from oblivion. Meanwhile, Norra Wexley and her band of Imperial hunters pursue Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and the Empire's remaining leadership across the galaxy. For Han Solo, that means settling his last outstanding debt, by helping Chewbacca liberate the Wookiee's homeworld of Kashyyyk. As the New Republic fights to restore a lasting peace to the galaxy, some dare to imagine new beginnings and new destinies.

The Emperor is dead, and the remnants of his former Empire are in retreat.

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