Heir to the Empire (Star Wars)

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781569712023.

The tyranny has ended, but what will take its place? Five years after Return of the Jedi, Leia and Han are married and have shouldered heavy burdens in the government of the New Republic, and Luke Skywalker is the first in a hoped-for new line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperors warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the remains of the Imperial fleet. Thrawn has made two vital discoveries that could destroy the Rebel Alliances New Republic — two discoveries whose names both end in Solo!