Mara Jade on the cover of 'Choices of One'

The preliminary cover art for Timothy Zahn's new novel 'Choices of One,' has been released on Starwars.com.

Pictured on the cover is a young Emperor's Hand; Mara Jade.  In the background are the AWOL Stormtroopers, The Hand of Judgment, LaRone, Marcross, Grave, Quiller, and Brightwater.

'Choices of One' is the sequel to Timothy Zahn's novel Allegiance. It follows a young Mara Jade early in her career as an enforcer of Palpatine's New Order.  It also follows the adventures of a squad of stormtroopers that desert after they see some of the Empire's atrocities and run afoul of the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB), the Empires secret police.


It will be interesting to see whether we get two different storylines, or whether its more of a unified story line with Mara and the Hand of Judgement together for most of the book.

In the first book, Zahn wrote some awesome scenes featuring Darth Vader and Mara Jade interacting. 

What does the new book have in store? The future is always in motion.....

The book is due out July 19, 2011 and set to come in @ 416 pages.