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a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_002.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER ONE
Tatooine's twin suns hung low above the horizon. Once he had thought they looked like demonic eyes, threatening him.
Warning him.
Daring him.
Now they were almost welcoming.
"Prepare for landing," commanded the youth at the console of... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_003.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWO
"Hoh hoh hoh!"
Boba stiffened as familiar deep laughter thundered through the vast room. On a platform in the center of the hall reclined the huge, sluglike form of Jabba the Hutt. Behind him, Jabba's Twi'lek majordomo, Bib Fortuna, stood a... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_004.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER THREE
Off-planet! Yes!
Boba wanted to punch the air in excitement. "When do I leave?" he asked.
Jabba watched him approvingly. "I am glad to see you are pleased at the prospect," he boomed. He picked up a squishy, star-shaped glubex, unpeeled... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_005.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FOUR
"When do I leave?" asked Boba. He tried not to look impatient.
"Almost immediately."
Jabba turned and spoke to Fortuna in a low voice. The Twi'lek listened, glancing at Boba, then gave a nod, bowed, and left.
"I have commanded that you... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_006.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FIVE
Boba had been off-planet before, of course.
He had been born on rainswept Kamino, and had buried his father on Geonosis, a desert planet even more desolate than Tatooine. He had been to Aargau, where he retrieved what remained of his fathe... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_007.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SIX
Boba was not surprised that Wat Tambor had chosen Xagobah for his citadel. This entire sector was known to be a favorite of smugglers making their way between more habitable regions. Jabba had underworld contacts on various planets there.
S... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_008.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SEVEN
Boba locked Slave I into cruising mode. Outside, shreds of dark purple mist flew by like flocks of winged mynocks. Boba watched the haze grow thicker - and darker - the closer he came to Xagobah's surface I still have no idea what kind of l... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_009.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER EIGHT
Slave I had landed in a small clearing in the mushroom forest. After checking that the area was safe, Boba ran quietly until he reached the edge of the clearing. He stopped and looked back.
His ship was gone.
For a moment Boba's heart s... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_010.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER NINE
The fungus was like some horrible hybrid of mushroom and spider. The folds enveloping Boba were like a web.
And the mouth - well, it was exactly like a mouth! Boba could smell it, the rotting scent of whatever its last meal had been. And h... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_011.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TEN
"Who am I?" repeated the creature. "On Xagobah, we like to ask questions before we answer them. But - "
The roaring whine of a missile passed overhead. Boba flinched. A moment later the missile impacted a short distance away, sending him fa... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_012.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER ELEVEN
"So that's it," murmured Boba.
"Yes," said Xeran. "The Mazariyan Citadel. The cause of all my troubles."
"And the beginning of mine," Boba replied, trying not to shiver. Mazariyan rose from the planet's surface, unimaginably immense, ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_013.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWELVE
A hundred meters up in Malubi's violet canopy, Xagobah had for a little while seemed a quiet, even peaceful, place.
That peace was shattered as soon as Boba's feet touched the ground.
"Captain! Intruder in your sector!" a voice shouted... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_014.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
So now he had a plan. All he needed was a way to use it. My jet pack's no good, he thought with regret. Not enough strength or speed to go up against a ramship. Gotta try to find a vehicle... a speeder would be nice... Boba scanned the ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_015.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Great minds think alike!" Ygabba used to tell Boba, joking. But right now, watching the other swoop flying at the ramship, Boba thought maybe this particular idea hadn't been such a great one. The swoop looked like a squirmite attackin... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_016.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Boba had no time to think. He yanked back on the throttle. At the same time he opened the stop to feed it as much fuel as possible. With a garbled roar, the swoop shot forward. Laser fire and explosion's rocked the air around Boba. Below ... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_017.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"Ulu Ulix!" The Jedi's voice rang out sharply over the din. She sounded angry, but also relieved, She turned to the, clone sentries. "Hold your fire!"
Boba angled the swoop down to within a few meters of the AT-TE. It landed with a bump... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_018.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Ummmpphi" With a grunt Boba smashed onto the ground. His body armor absorbed the blow, but it took him a moment to catch his breath. There was such a thick haze of smoke and spores he could barely see. He blinked, trying to clear his vi... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_019.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Near the foot of Wat Tambor's citadel, a homing spider droid had fallen. Its large form slumped over on two of its legs, forming a small, protected area.
Boba headed for this makeshift refuge. He had to leap over several dead clones, a... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_020.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER NINETEEN
It took several minutes for Boba's eyes to adjust to the dimness. Yet it was not completely dark. An eerie greenish/haze hung over everything. Glowing orbs appeared to be set into the fortress's curved, metallic walls. When Boba drew cl... |
a-new-threat | Star_Wars_-_050_-_Boba_Fett_05__split_021.txt | Star Wars - 050 - Boba Fett 05 - A New Threat - Elizabeth Hand
CHAPTER TWENTY
The air there was warmer; As deep and dark a blue it was almost black. Boba didn't want to risk shining a light in the tunnel. He adjusted the infrared on his helmet, but that seemed to make it worse. So he moved very slowly, feeling his w... |
a-new-threat | titlepage.txt | Cover |
crossfire | 04_c1.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER ONE
“Hello!”
Silence.
“Hello!?”
No answer. The hallway outside his door was quiet.
Boba Fett was all alone.
That was okay. Boba was used to being alone.
Ever since he had buried his father, he had been by himself—a ten-year-old against the galaxy. He missed his father but he did... |
crossfire | 05_c2.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWO
Boba followed the giant past more closed doors, to an ornately carved door at the end of a long hall.
The giant knocked, then entered to a signal Boba hadn’t heard. Inside, the room was larger than the others. It had furniture, too. A desk with carved legs had a holoprojecto... |
crossfire | 06_c3.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER THREE
As Boba followed Prax down the long halls, back to his lonely room, he thought of the Count’s cold dismissal. Can I trust him? Do I have a choice? Maybe the
Count wasn’t going to turn out to be such a good friend after all. Jango Fett had always said that in a bounty hun... |
crossfire | 07_c4.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FOUR
Boba looked right.
Boba looked left.
No Cydon Prax.
Good—all clear!
He started his exploration, staying close to the wall, so he could duck out of sight if necessary. He followed the hallway to the end, then rounded a corner; then another corner—always
heading toward the ... |
crossfire | 08_c5.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FIVE
Whew! What a stink! The sky was dark with swirling smoke; the ground was heaped with the trash and garbage from a thousand planets. The twisted wreckage of hundreds of
crashed ships stretched into the distance. The air was almost too foul to breathe.
Luckily, Boba had bro... |
crossfire | 09_c6.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SIX
It was hard going. Up one stinking slag heap, and down another.
Boba tried to keep the big tower straight behind him, and the distant light of the door ahead. That would be the shortest, fastest route back to Dooku’s underground lair.
The stinking ground sucked at his boots ... |
crossfire | 10_c7.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Count wrinkled his finely arched nose. “We shall have to clean you up,” he said dismissively.
Boba tried to keep from shaking. He knew it was best never to show fear. He gripped his father’s helmet in his hands.
“Your father didn’t teach you very well,” said the Count.... |
crossfire | 11_c8.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER EIGHT
The once dim corridor was filled with light, and no wonder!
The Count’s underground hideout had been blown wide open. Large parts of the roof were missing, and Boba was standing on top of a pile of smoking rubble.
He looked up. The filthy sky of Raxus Prime was even filthi... |
crossfire | 12_c9.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER NINE
Boba crawled toward the open air—and found himself face-to-face with a squadron of clone troopers bursting through the wreckage. As soon as they saw Boba, they leveled
their blasters at him.
“Come with us,” the trooper said, extending a white-gloved hand.
Boba wondered if... |
crossfire | 13_c10.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TEN
Boba stared out the narrow viewscreen as the powerful gunship rose above the slag heaps of Raxus Prime and into the clouds. He was glad to see the last of the galaxy’s
most toxic planet!
A droid fighter closed in on them, but the craft’s automated turret targeted it and an... |
crossfire | 14_c11.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Boba figured that taking a bacta bath was one of the galaxy’s most intense experiences. He breathed through a mask while he was submerged in a synthetic gel that did a
search and repair over every centimeter of his body, inside and out, healing, restoring, and refreshin... |
crossfire | 15_c12.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWELVE
“I’m Garr,” said the visitor sitting at the foot of the bed, extending a hand.
Boba took it cautiously. “Teff,” he said, remembering the name he had conjured up for the Jedi. (He wished he had been more creative.) He sat up and rubbed his head. “I must
have fallen aslee... |
crossfire | 16_c13.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“Hey, Garr, check this out!”
They were in the rear docking bay, alone except for a few service droids humming and buzzing busily on the far side of the vast room.
“What?” Garr said. “It’s just a door.”
The door was marked EMERGENCY ONLY.
“I’ll bet I can open it,” said B... |
crossfire | 17_c14.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Faster!
Down, down—
Faster!
Around, around—
Boba was no longer feeling the cold, even though the little heater in his suit was almost drained.
Garr was gulping air, spinning through the vacuum, grabbing at one handhold and then another.
Neither spoke. There was no time ... |
crossfire | 18_c15.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“Ooooph!”
The safety line went tight, jerking Boba and Garr together, then setting them spinning, like a kid’s toy—a giant kid’s toy that had been thrown away, down the deepest darkest
hole in all the universe.
The deep dark hole that is the universe.
For they were spi... |
crossfire | 19_c16.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“Good job, Teff!”
Boba smiled. His father had covered him with a blanket made of stars, and praised him. But didn’t he know his name wasn’t Teff? That was a stupid made-up name for…
“Breathe, Teff!”
Who pulled the blanket away?
“Wake up.”
Boba opened his eyes. He saw Gar... |
crossfire | 20_c17.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“Hey, Teff, what’s up?”
“Not much, Garr.” Boba put down the viewer and turned to face his friend, who had just entered the ROB. Keep your emotions to yourself. “Just stargazing.”
“See anything interesting?”
“Nothing much,” said Boba. “Star dust, space trash, you know.”... |
crossfire | 21_c18.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The lander dropped free of the Candaserri and fired its retros, slowing it for atmospheric entry. The twenty-one younger orphans, strapped into their seats, shouted
with glee and excitement as the lander encountered the first wisps of air.
The faint whistling sound gr... |
crossfire | 22_c19.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER NINETEEN
“Teff!”
He couldn’t believe it—Garr had betrayed him! His best friend was yelling, alerting the Jedi!
Boba ducked his head and ran, darting through the crowd.
Portside was a maze of narrow alleys, lined with shops where stolen goods and weapons, illicit spice, and phony... |
crossfire | 23_c20.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWENTY
One hundred credits.
Boba checked the prices, and found out that he had barely enough to hire a cloud car, with enough left over for a meal, as long as it was a small one. He dragged it out as long as possible,
wondering what he was going to do to pass the time until hi... |
crossfire | 24_c21.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
—and missed, by centimeters.
The little cloud car might have been small, but it was also amazingly fast. With the sky patrol craft in pursuit, Boba dove down under the city and threaded the cloud car into the forests of
dangling algae, where it was all but invisible... |
crossfire | 25_c22.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Total darkness.
Then blinding light.
Slave I shook and spun and creaked and groaned.
The turbos were useless. Nothing could match the power of the storm. The ship went where the storm sent it, which was down, down, down—
Slave I was designed to withstand the high vacu... |
crossfire | 26_c23.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Crossfire
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
“Your father and I were not exactly friends,” said Aurra Sing, once they were in orbit around a small dark planet, a sister to Bespin, which was still visible as a
tiny globe in the distance. “Bounty hunters don’t have friends. But I respected him. He was the real... |
hunted | 05_chap1.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER ONE
Some people believe that space is empty. Boba Fett’s father, Jango Fett, had been one of those people.
“Space is emptiness,” Jango had told his son. “And emptiness is useless, until it is filled with work, energy, or people, or starships. A good bounty hunter may seem invisible... |
hunted | 06_chap2.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWO
“Planets are like people,” Boba’s father always used to say. “They all have individual personalities.”
At the time, this hadn’t made sense to Boba.
Since then, Boba had learned that it was true.
Kamino, his home world, was gray and grim and cloud-covered, plagued by rains that ... |
hunted | 07_chap3.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER THREE
From the air, Mos Espa had looked confusing, but not chaotic. Boba had recognized streets and alleys, even major roads leading into the dessert. It was all complicated, but he
assumed there was a pattern. And if there was a pattern, he would figure out how to use it.
But as... |
hunted | 08_chap4.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER FOUR
Boba’s heart hammered his chest. But he stood his ground and stared at the figure before him.
Durge! His father had warned Boba about him. A two-thousand-year-old bounty hunter, Durge hated the Mandalorians more than anything else in the galaxy. A hundred years before Boba was... |
hunted | 09_chap5.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER FIVE
The winding road was even more crowded than the one he’d left. But this time, Boba’s size helped him. He could wriggle in and out of the throng as quickly as a
Ralltiirieel. He could easily keep the girl in view, since she wasn’t bigger than he was. He found that he was enjo... |
hunted | 10_chap6.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER SIX
“What—what are those?” Boba stammered.
“The Master’s eyes,” the girl called Ygabba replied calmly.
“The Master?”
Without another word the girl turned and walked into the darkness. Boba stared after her, confused and unnerved. At his side the small boy gave a pitiful wail. Boba ... |
hunted | 11_chap7.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER SEVEN
“Who—who are you?” Boba turned to the thief. “What is this place?”
“I’m Ygabba.” The girl smoothed the front of her filthy tunic. She looked uneasy. “And this is the stronghold of the Master’s army.”
“Army?” Boba looked at the emaciated figures staring down at him. “My father... |
hunted | 12_chap8.txt | Boba blinked. It took him a minute to register exactly what he had seen.
Not an actual person at all, but a holo. A virtual sending.
He had never been in any real danger. Master Libkath, whoever he was, had not really been there. He had note seen Boba at all, but Boba had recognized him as a Neimoidian. He’d met
Neim... |
hunted | 13_chap9.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER NINE
It was almost dark by the time he found his way to the southeast gate. The arena was vast, nearly a small city in itself. It seemed like Boba was on his own again.
He passed encampments of beggars, and bright-colored tents where gamblers sat and beckoned him to come inside. He... |
hunted | 14_chap10.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TEN
With a nasty smile, the Etti held the tent flap open. The Drovian pushed Boba roughly inside.
Boba looked up.
Ulp, he thought. This looks bad.
He had never been more grateful for his father’s battle helmet. He only prayed that the thing before him couldn’t see him inside it.
Wh... |
hunted | 15_chap11.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Death.
Boba thought fast. Then he spoke fast.
“Jabba—Mightiest of Hutts!” he cried. He was careful to face Jabba directly, and to show no fear.
“It is precisely my ignorance that has brought me here!” Boba continued. “ ‘For knowledge you must seek out Jabba the Hutt’—that is... |
hunted | 16_chap12.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWELVE
Boba turned to stare at the monitor. Numbers and words scrolled across the bottom of the viewscreen. Statistics, the names of this evening’s Podracers, their homeworlds,
and racing class. Then the image changed. Boba saw the inside of the huge arena, packed with shouting, ... |
hunted | 17_chap13.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“Well?” demanded Jabba.
Fearlessly, Boba looked at him. “O wisest of Hutts! The winner will be—whoever you want it to be!”
Inside the dome everything abruptly grew silent, except for the muted viewscreen. From outside, Boba could hear a wave of sound, shouts, and cheers ec... |
hunted | 18_chap14.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Boba had no time to think. He acted.
Without a sound he leaped to one side. The Drovian’s knife whistled harmlessly through the air where, a nanosecond before, Boba had been.
“Huh?” gaped the hulking alien.
A small table stood near the viewscreen. Boba grabbed the table an... |
hunted | 19_chap15.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Months before, Boba had been on the Republic Troopship Candaserri, a ship so big it as almost like a small planet.
Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge was not that big, but it was big enough. Looking at it made Boba feel as though he was gazing at a small city within a city. A worl... |
hunted | 20_chap16.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
On the upper deck, Jabba and his invited guests drank and ate. Music played. Acrobats tumbled and Twi’lek dancers leaped and turned. The barge’s sails filled with
air, as the great vessel came about and sailed majestically above the ground, heading for the Western Dune Se... |
hunted | 21_chap17.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Boba woke to a low growling sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw the vrblther staring hungrily at him from inside its cage. Its green eyes glowed balefully. Its long yellow
teeth showed between black gums. Boba hastily sat up in his berth. The vrblther’s mouth opened ... |
hunted | 22_chap18.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Boba watched as the Twi’lek headed for a raised area of the main deck. A brilliant yellow canopy billowed above it. Beneath the canopy, there was shade. There was shelter
from Tatooine’s twin suns, already burning fiercely with the dawn. There was a table laid out with f... |
hunted | 23_chap19.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER NINETEEN
The inside of the palace was dark and cool. Boba breathed deeply in relief.
“Boy, that’s better!” he remarked to the droid.
But his relief did not last long. A large, spider-like form on long metal legs tiptoed past. What looked like its head was actually a clear globe fil... |
hunted | 24_chap20.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY
“Hoh hoh!” Jabba shook with delight. “Durge and an unarmed warrior!”
Boba wasted no time. Before Durge could catch him, Boba dove between his legs.
Jabba laughed, crying, “He is fast!”
“Not fast enough!” yelled Durge.
A flaming burst of red and orange shot from his weapon. B... |
hunted | 25_chap21.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Boba fought a wave of fear. He looked at Jabba. “I have no weapons, O Great One—”
“Do you dare to argue with me?” roared Jabba. “You have a head start—a few minutes, if you are lucky. A few seconds, if you are not.”
He gave a signal to the Gamorrean guards. They grabbed ... |
hunted | 26_chap22.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Boba had flown before, of course. He had flown in airspeeders and on swoop bikes. He had flown inside his hyperfast starship, Slave I.
But nothing was quite like this.
“Man, this is great!” he whooped as he somersaulted through the air. Jabba’s palace was so small now it... |
hunted | 27_chap23.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Boba knew he would be easier to spot if he was flying.
“I should get down there,” he said, staring at the maze of streets and alleys below. “I can hide from Durge, at least for a little while.”
But he didn’t have a little while. He had hardly any time at all.
And he di... |
hunted | 28_chap24.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
As silent as a breath, Boba entered the passage. As he walked the voices grew louder, until he could understand them.
“Master, we grabbed all we could. Then the guards saw him. I had no choice but to stop.”
That voice was Ygabba’s. She sounded desperate…and afraid.
“Tha... |
hunted | 29_chap25.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
For a second all went black. Then Boba blinked and looked up. Above him a lizard face leered beneath an ornate mitred hat.
“Now what have we here?” Gilramos asked. He licked his thin lips. “A strong and clever boy. One who would make a fine addition to my army. After so... |
hunted | 30_chap26.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
“That was some entrance you made back there!” said Ygabba.
Boba nodded. he reached for the jet pack’s ignition. They touched down.
“Yeah,” he said, grinning. “And some exit, too!”
They run until they were a safe distance from the alley.
“Don’t worry,” said Ygabba. She lo... |
hunted | 31_chap27.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Hunted
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
It was night when they finally arrived at the palace of Jabba the Hutt. They docked the cruiser, then headed for the main gate.
Armed sentries guarded the huge iron door. But when Boba displayed Gilramo’s hat, they looked impressed.
“You may pass,” a sentry said. He lo... |
maze-of-deception | 05_pro.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
PROLOGUE
The Dream is always the same. Boba Fett always thinks of it as The Dream, because it’s the only one he ever remembers. The only dream he ever wants to
remember.
In The Dream, his father, Jango Fett, is alive. He is showing Boba how to handle a blaster. The dull gray... |
maze-of-deception | 06_chap1.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER ONE
“Boba! Downtime’s over! I need you—we’re in final approach.”
Boba looked up groggily from where he’d been asleep in Slave I’s cockpit. Beside him, where once his father would have sat at the starship’s controls, the bounty
hunter Aurra Sing was hunched over the c... |
maze-of-deception | 07_chap2.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWO
Aargau wasn’t the first planet Boba Fett had ever visited, or even the second. For a kid, Boba had seen a lot of planets in a short time. There was gray, cloud-swept
Kamino, his homeworld, where months could pass and you’d never see anything but sheets of silvery... |
maze-of-deception | 08_chap3.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER THREE
Boba quickly decided that Aargau was definitely the cleanest planet he’d ever been on. The docking zone was like the inside of a gigantic holoscreen, with flashing lights
and low, brightly colored buildings. The streets were broad and empty of any vehicles, exc... |
maze-of-deception | 09_chap4.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER FOUR
Boba heard Aurra suck her breath in sharply. Behind the desk, the attendant made a slashing motion with her hand. The assassin droid stopped. Slowly it raised one arm.
Its lasers were pointed right at Aurra Sing!
Instinctively the bounty hunter went into a defensi... |
maze-of-deception | 10_chap5.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER FIVE
Boba stared at the shadow that was Slave I, waiting in the docking bay. He could no longer see Aurra or the guards.
But he liked looking at the ship—his ship. The Mandalorian helmet his father had left him was still on board, where Boba had stored it, safe from Au... |
maze-of-deception | 11_chap6.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER SIX
Boba had his back to the wall. His hands tensed to fight—
But fight who? Or what? Boba let his breath out in shock.
Because for a moment, he thought he was staring into a mirror. He saw his own face, his own body, his own hands raised protectively. Even the clothes... |
maze-of-deception | 12_chap7.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER SEVEN
Boba darted to one side, behind 9779. The clone stood, oblivious, as a small group of people waited to get into the turbolift with them. In the front of the little crowd stood
Aurra Sing, her face dark with anger. When she saw 9779, she gave a low laugh of triu... |
maze-of-deception | 13_chap8.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER EIGHT
Boba looked around. He could barely see the turbolifts from here—too many crowds. That meant Aurra Sing would have trouble spotting him, at least for a little while. He
glanced from one tunnel to the next, all of them glowing silver-green in the eerie light of ... |
maze-of-deception | 14_chap9.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER NINE
The Bimm’s face creased with concern. “What is it?” he asked.
Boba said nothing. He started to move very slowly back, going into a half-crouch. Nuri turned and let his gaze flick across the crowds moving everywhere around them. After a moment he drew his
breath ... |
maze-of-deception | 15_chap10.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TEN
The Bimm stared at Boba. Then he bowed respectfully. “Of course, young sir. I am here to help you—for the fee I mentioned earlier.”
Nuri took the card from Boba. The alien’s fingers felt soft, furry, and very, very warm. Boba frowned slightly. “How much is the fee?... |
maze-of-deception | 16_chap11.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“The Undercity?” Boba echoed Nuri’s words. “But—”
He stopped, remembering what he had been told on Level One.
You can find some very shady characters in the Undercity, the attendant had warned him. It is terribly dangerous, especially with the recent skirmishes ... |
maze-of-deception | 17_chap12.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWELVE
As Boba looked down, he saw what had been hidden behind the round door in the floor. A capsule, big enough to hold two people. It had clear sides, so you could see out of it.
It had a control panel but no steering mechanism. It reminded him of the cloud car he... |
maze-of-deception | 18_chap13.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Boba swung his arm back, ready to hurl the brick. But before he could, Nuri stopped him.
“Stop!” the Bimm said. “Wait—”
The figure drew up beside them and halted, panting. It was a fur-covered Bothan, her pointy ears pressed back against her head in fear. “Nur... |
maze-of-deception | 19_chap14.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“You’re a clever young man,” the Clawdite shapeshifter said. It was a young shapeshifter, with a menacing, oozing voice. Its body seemed to melt and
re-form before Boba’s eyes. Its body took on muscle, sinew, strength. Its head grew dark thick hair. Its eyes... |
maze-of-deception | 20_chap15.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Twi’lek had reached the end of a long, narrow winding street. He halted in front of a large building with a rounded roof that had spikes on it. The building was
shaped like the head of a gigantic krayt dragon. The dragon’s open mouth was the door. Inside,... |
maze-of-deception | 21_chap16.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Inside the gambling palace, the noise was deafening. Laughter, angry shouts, howls of triumph and disappointment—all mingled with the jingle of coins, the rattle of dice,
the clack of Kenoballs, the cries of card dealers and money changers. The Hutts’ gamblin... |
maze-of-deception | 22_chap17.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
He rested for only a few minutes.
Now what? he thought. He no longer had his disguise. If he tried to move, he’d be spotted and thrown out of the gambling palace. Probably his card would be confiscated, too. Then
he’d be on his own, with no money and no way... |
maze-of-deception | 23_chap18.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
It seemed he fell forever in that close, hot darkness. In reality, it was just seconds.
“Ow.” With a dull thud, he hit the ground. For a moment he lay there, catching his breath. He stared up. Perhaps three meters above him, he could just make out a black
sq... |
maze-of-deception | 24_chap19.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Boba stared at the official in dismay. Behind him the kretch insects chattered and clacked. He glanced down at them. Then he grabbed Boba by the arm, turned, and pressed his
own hand against the wall. Immediately, a hidden door opened. The official pulled Bo... |
maze-of-deception | 25_chap20.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWENTY
They walked in near-darkness for what seemed like hours, the torch’s beam guiding them. But in reality, only a short while had passed—Boba had to remind himself
that the darkness was deceptive, like everything else on Aargau.
At last they reached a spot where ... |
maze-of-deception | 26_chap21.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
With a gasp Boba turned and sprinted for the door. But before he could reach it, an explosion sounded behind him. He looked back and saw Kos turning to stare at something below
his airspeeder. There was the drone of a hoverbike, and another explosive burst... |
maze-of-deception | 27_chap22.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Boba knew better than to think he’d lost Aurra for good. She was like a mynock clinging to her prey, difficult to pry loose.
But not impossible. As his speeder drew closer to the entry to Level Two, Boba flicked on the comm unit. Immediately a voice came thr... |
maze-of-deception | 28_chap23.txt | Star Wars: Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
No one questioned him when he bought the fuel and provisions for his ship. And no one questioned him when he climbed aboard, after obtaining clearance to depart Aargau. Money
might not buy happiness, but it bought a lot of other things that were useful.
... |
pursuit | 04_c1.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Pursuit
CHAPTER ONE
Death is silence: eternal, dark, colorless, without form or meaning.
Boba Fett had watched his father, Jango Fett, die, murdered by the hated Jedi Mace Windu. At the time Boba had felt only grief and rage. In the years that followed, he felt sorrow, the dull
constant ache of... |
pursuit | 05_c2.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Pursuit
CHAPTER TWO
“There it is.” A flat, affectless voice rang through the dark passage. “The infiltrator’s corpse.”
“Excellent.” A second voice echoed in the empty tunnel. “Human carrion. We shouldn’t waste our resources on it. It is of no use to us. We should leave it to
rot.”
“That would b... |
pursuit | 06_c3.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Pursuit
CHAPTER THREE
Boba had no idea how to find his way out of Wat Tambor’s fortress, let alone find the Foreman of the Separatist’s Techno Union before he fled Xagobah. He continued
to follow the passage as it twisted and turned, gradually climbing toward one of Mazariyan’s upper levels. We... |
pursuit | 07_c4.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Pursuit
CHAPTER FOUR
“There!” From the ground far below Boba, came a sudden shout. “A spy! Fire on him!”
Boba twisted to look down. A knot of clone troopers was running from the AT-TE, pointing up at him as they drew their weapons.
This secondary jet pack’s only good for a short sprint. Can’t was... |
pursuit | 08_c5.txt | Star Wars Boba Fett Pursuit
CHAPTER FIVE
BRRAAAK!
A deafening roar from Asajj Ventress’s ion cannons shook Slave I. Frantically, Boba fired back at Ventress’s ship.
But she was far too fast. As he watched, her ship vaulted over Slave I. Before he could fire back, Ventress’s laser cannons released a barrage of energy... |
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