Slave Ship: Star Wars Legends (The Bounty Hunter Wars) [Paperback]

He's both feared and admired, respected and despised.  Boba Fett is the galaxy's most successful bounty hunter.  Now he finds himself the hunted in the oldest game of all: survival of the fittest.

The once powerful Bounty Hunter's Guild has been shattered into warring factions.  Now the posting of an enormous bounty on a renegade Imperial stormtrooper is about to start a frenzy of murderous greed.

Hoping to fuel rumors of his death, Boba Fett abandons his ship,Slave I,and sets out to claim the prize.  Yet his every move leads him closer to a trap set by the cunning Prince Xizor.  Fett will die before becoming Xizor's pawn in the Emperor's war against the Rebels.  And he may have to.  For in order to gain his freedom he must outwit a sentient weapon that feeds on human spirits.  Then he must escape a galaxy of deadly enemies who want to make the rumors of his death a reality.A ruthless enemy threatens Boba Fett with a fate worse than death. . .NOW .  .  .

(during the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)


Fear is a useful thing.

That was one of the best lessons that a bounty hunter could learn.  And Bossk was learning it now.

Through the cockpit viewport of theHound's Tooth,he saw the explosion that ripped the other ship, Boba Fett'sSlave I,into flame and shards of blackened durasteel.  A burst of wide-band comlink static, like an electromagnetic death cry, had simultaneously deafened Bossk.  The searing, multi-octave noise had poured through the speakers in theHound's cockpit for several minutes, until the last of the circuitry aboard Fett's ship had finally been consumed and silenced in the fiery apocalypse.

When he could finally hear himself think again, Bossk looked out at the empty space whereSlave Ihad been.  Now, againstlS