Shadows of the Empire
Steve Perry. Spectra Books, $7.99 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-553-57413-5
This Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi entr'acte spent six weeks on PW's bestseller list. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 03/03/1997
Genre: Fiction
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