Meet young Lieutenant Thrawn, who graduated the Imperial Academy with the highest marks possible. He has been assigned his own personal assistant, Ensign Eli Vanto, and is ascending quickly, but that does not mean that everyone in the Imperial Navy wants him to succeed.

As the top cat at P.U.R.S.T (Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel), Sergeant Fluffy Vandermere takes his job very seriously. He has devoted his life to keeping space pets--and the world--safe from alien domination. And he does it all from his desk at P.U.R.S.T. headquarters. But this isn't another day at the office. There's been a security breach! Aliens have invaded headquarters! Hostages have been taken! Well, no one messes with P.U.R.S.T.--not...

Four tales set in the time of the Clone Wars. Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are attacked by giant monsters ; Padmé Naberrie becomes a spy ; Bultar Swan storms an impenetrable fortress ; Three friends rob a bank guarded by an army of clones.

Vader is still haunted by recurring visions of what his life with Padmé might have been like if he had not succumbed to the dark side. Now that they are being guided by the Ghost Nebula's mysterious priestess, Vader and his troops become embroiled in a disastrous battle on a tar-pit world. Worse, the hard-fought battle brings Vader no closer to locating Moff Tarkin's missing son--but it does put him in the deadly sights of a traitor!

The Annex 1 survivors find themselves fighting on all fronts against the Chinese forces sent from earth to wipe them out. As if that weren’t enough, the Terraformars themselves aren’t letting up on their attacks either. A plan is formulated to rescue the Annex 1 crew, but to carry it out, they’ll have to cross through hostile territory while under assault all the way!

"In [this book], the second of three volumes adapting Frank Herbert's Dune, a young Paul Atreides and his mother, the lady Jessica, find themselves stranded in the deep desert of Arrakis. Betrayed by one of their own and destroyed by their greatest enemy, Paul and Jessica must find the mysterious Fremen, or perish"--OCLC.

Duncan Idaho follows a beacon to escape the hunt; Baron Harkonnen and the Reverend Mother make an agreement; Padot Kynes helps some Fremen and visits one of their sietches; Leto explores Ix and overhears a dangerous secret.

Red, a quirky, headstrong 10-year-old, longs to live in her own perfect paradise far away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined-- across the galaxy and aboard an enormous spaceship owned by the Aquilari, an ancient creature with a taste for rare and unusual treasures. Before Red can be discovered as a stowaway, the great ship crashes on a small deserted...

"It's a new semester at Astronaut Academy, and everyone is excited for the Fireball Championship--especially Hakata's cranky roommate, Tak Offsky. But lurking in the shadows is a shapeshifting, heart-stealing monster, and it might just knock the Fireball team out of the competition! Can Hakata and Tak put aside their differences, lead the team to victory, and save the lives of their classmates?"--

Four tales set in the time of the Clone Wars. Luminara Unduli battles in the Arena of Doom ; Aurra Sing hunts a bounty on the Smugglers' Moon ; Obi-Wan Kenobi disrupts an assassin's mission ; A battle droid makes a career change.