There is tremendous depth to the story. The author moves backwards and forwards through time with great effect so that the explosive ending puts you through an emotional wringer. There is humor and pain. The tale is magnificent and heartbreaking. Although we are told at the beginning that there is a tragic ending, the adventure is in unraveling the full story.
Facts are facts, yet they can be interpreted in many ways.
After reading this novel, you can better understand Starfleet's logic and its bullheaded enforcement of the Prime Directive. Be sure to check this hardback Star Wars novel out before reaching a hasty decision. Corran Horn, a former Corellian security officer and Rogue Squadron pilot is motivated to join Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Academy as a result of his wife's possible kidnapping by pirates who are plaguing the New Republic. Horn eventually becomes impatient with the long painstaking Jedi Period and ventures out to continue the search for his wife. He goes undercover in an attempt to infiltrate the pirates, insinuating himself into an association with a former and exotically powerful Empire Moff.