Henry Carter Hull

When Jordan McKell and his partner Ixil are hired by a mysterious gentleman to fly a ship and its cargo to Earth, they find themselves involved in a dangerous interstellar smuggling ring.

Rescued from exile by Imperial soldiers, Thrawn proved to be indispensable to Emperor Palpatine and the Empire. Ambitious and a warrior never to be underestimated, one promotion followed another. Follow the events that launched the blue-skinned, red-eyed master of military strategy and lethal warfare into the highest realms of power and infamy as Thrawn rises to Admiral