"Now, discover how Grand Admiral Thrawn became one of the most feared military tacticians in a galaxy far, far away. Meet young Lieutenant Thrawn, who graduated the Imperial Academy with the highest marks possible. He's been assigend his own personal assistant, Ensign Eli Vanto, and is ascending quickly--but that doesn't mean everyone in the Imperial Army wants him to succeed. And Thrawn isn't the Empire's only rising star--so is Arihnda Pryce. The two rivals' path's will cross; and tensions will run high, when they discover a dark secret within the Empire."--Page 4 of cover