Même si son dernier roman, Une Question de Survie, n'a pas convaincu les fans, Timothy Zahn reste quand même The Boss pour une grande partie des fans de lUnivers Étendu. Son prochain roman, Allegiance, est donc attendu de pied ferme avec une sortie prévue chez DelRey le 30 Janvier 2007.
En attendant, Sue Rostoni a récemment proposée un extrait, en anglais, du bouquin sur le board du Site Officiel .
The Emperor's library was a large and very private place, used only by a few of his top people, and only with his express permission. Normally, there were a handful of attendants on hand to assist, but as Mara walked between the tall stacks of data card file cabinets toward the retrieval stations at the center she was struck by the unusual silence. Apparently all the attendants had suddenly found a need to be elsewhere.
As she rounded the last cabinet she discovered the reason for their absence. Seated alone at one of the three computer stations was Darth Vader.
"Lord Vader," she said politely as she stepped past, her eyes flicing automatically to the display screen in front of him.
His arm came up, just high enough to block her view. "Emperor's Hand," he greeted her in turn, his voice deep and stiff and darker even than usual. "What do you want?"
"I was given permission to do some research, " Mara said, continuing past him and seating herself at one of the other stations.
But even as she turned on the console and started keying for her data search, she could sense his brooding attention switch from his research to Mara herself. Vader had always been polite enough, but even without Mara's Force sensitivity it would have been abundantly clear that he didn't like her.
Pour finir, je vous repasse le syno et la couv du bouquin :
Allegiance prend place entre les épisodes IV et V, LukeSkywalker est encore en phase de découverte de ses dons de Jedi. HanSolo nest pas sûr de vouloir sengager à fond dans lAlliance Rebelle. La Princesse Leia essaye daider la Rebellion et ne comprend pas pourquoi Han agit ainsi. MaraJade est jeune et est lun des agents les plus estimés du sombre Empereur. Et une escouade de Stormtroopers sengage vers lillégalité, décidant de mener la justice de leur propre façon.