Hard Contact (Star Wars: Republic Commando, Book 1)
A former defense correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, KAREN TRAVISS has also worked as a police press officer, an advertising copywriter, and a journalism lecturer. She has served in both the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service and the Territorial Army. Since her graduation from the Clarion East class of 2000, her short stories have appeared inAsimov’s, Realms of Fantasy, andOn Spec.Her first novel,City of Pearl, was published in 2004 to critical acclaim; her second novel isCrossing the Line.