The release date for the English version of 'Shadows of the Empire' by
Steve Perry is Apr 1997. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This is the unknown tale of what happened in between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi films: a book in which Darth Vader fights a foe who is just as strong and wicked as he is when still alive.
IMAGES FROM THE EMPIRE
We are living in a crisis. Han Solo is being brought to the evil gangster Jabba the Hutt while frozen in carbonite. While Princess Leia organizes a rescue operation including Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, and an exceptionally talented young pilot, Darth Vader engages in a brutal and crafty rivalry. Xizor is the head of a formidable criminal organization that aims to dethrone Vader in order to gain the favor of their common boss, the terrifying Emperor. They were going for Luke Skywalker. Luke finds himself suddenly the possible target of the two most malevolent forces in the galaxy, one of which wants him dead and the other to keep him alive.