To all those new rebels about to take their first steps into a larger world M.K.
PART 1 THE MACHINE IN THE GHOST
CHAPTER 1
THE OUTER RIM It was the largest region of the known galaxy and the loneliest Much of it had not yet been mapped Ships could travel the hyperlanes for years and never run into another soul Such was not the case for the Ghost The sector of the Outer Rim where it traveled had suddenly become a very busy place Four flat-winged flat-winged Imperial TIE fighters screamed after the diamond shaped freighter in hot pursuit Kanan Hera's voice crackled over the Ghost's intercom We have a small situation here 9
