Story by Timothy Zahn, Michael A. Stackpole. Art by Carlos Ezquerra. Cover by Kilian Plunkett.
BY THE EMPEROR'S HAND, Part 2 of 6. Under cover of an Imperial raid, Mara Jade infiltrates the headquarters of would-be Black Nebula overlord Dequc, and assassinates the criminal leader. But back on Imperial Center, she finds evidence that the person she shot was a stand-in, and that the real Dequc is still out there, and gunning for her.