This story is time set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Han is frozen in carbonite. Leia mounts a rescue mission with Luke and Lando. Dash, a pilot, is also a member of the rescue group. A second story line pits Darth Vader against rival Xizor, a leader of a powerful crime syndicate who wants to be the Emperor's right hand man. Luke is a wanted man from both Vader (who wants him alive) and the Emperor (who wants him dead).
This book was fast paced with some good action that kept me interested. I would have rated it higher, but wow, the character of Xizor was creepy, in a sexual way, toward Leia, just icky. Just didn't like that storyline at all. He was an easy character to not like.
I gave this one 3 stars.