Star Wars_ Darth Maul 02_ Shadow Hunter - Michael Reaves [0]
Darth Maul, a legend sprung to life from the nightmares of history, about to be unleashed … in an all-new tale of intrigue and mystery set just before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
PRAISE FOR DARTH MAUL:
SHADOW HUNTER
“Reaves writes with a creative flair, allowing readers to experience an almost cinematic sensation as they move through the story. The language is colorful, the action scenes are dynamic, and the dialogue is realistic.… Shadow Hunter is a very good Star Wars novel that reads as easily as a comic book.… Reaves does an excellent job.”
—Winston-Salem Journal
“Fast-paced … Exciting … Reaves does an excellent job of creating suspense … A great read for those that really enjoy the tales from the darker side of the Star Wars universe.”
—WritersWrite.com
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Copyright © 2001 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™.
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“Darth Maul: Saboteur” was originally published in e-book form by Del Rey/The Ballantine Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2001.
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eISBN: 978-0-307-79569-4
v3.1
For my daughter Mallory
“The Force is strong in this one.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sharecropping in someone else’s field can often be an onerous task. In this case, however, it was a pleasure, and this is due in great part to the help I had from the many people who have helped create and maintain the Star Wars cosmos. Thanks are due to my editor, Shelly Shapiro, who got me the gig; to Sue Rostoni and the rest of the gang at Skywalker Ranch; to Ron Marz; to Brynne Chandler; to Steve Sansweet for his enormously helpful Star Wars Encyclopedia; to Steve and Dal Perry; and, of course, to George Lucas for creating what is without a doubt the most entertaining galaxy in the entire universe.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Part I: Mean Streets
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Part II: Labyrinth
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Darth Maul: Saboteur Short Story
About the Author
Also by this Author
Introduction to the Star Wars Expanded Universe
Excerpt from Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
Introduction to the Old Republic Era
Introduction to the Rise of the Empire Era
Introduction to the Rebellion Era
Introduction to the New Republic Era
Introduction to the New Jedi Order Era
Introduction to the Legacy Era
Star Wars Novels Timeline
AN EVEN LONGER TIME AGO
IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.…
PART I
MEAN STREETS
Space is the perfect place to hide.
The Neimoidian freighter Saak’ak cruised ponderously in the uncharted deeps of Wild Space. It displayed its colors proudly, its cloaking device disabled, with no fear of detection. Here, parsecs away from the civilized Galactic Core and its surrounding systems, it could safely hide in plain sight. Even the Neimoidians, those past masters of paranoia, felt secure in the vast endless abyss between the disk and one of the spiral arms.
Yet even here the leaders