This story takes place shortly after the events of A New Hope, where Han has lost his reward from the Alliance and he has to make it up to pay his debt to Jabba.
I can't say enough about the talents of Marc Thompson, who narrated the book. His abilities to create character voices was as if an entire cast was making the production. It really felt like an episode of the movies.
That said Timothy Zahn sometimes went over the top in putting obstacles in the way of the terrific team of specialists Han gathered to do the job. The safe they had to crack was so elaborate that I completely lost my interest in it.
All-in-all it was an entertaining story if a bit long, I loved how Zahn tied in events of the past with hints of the future. He also created characters that I wound up caring about and look forward to reading about in the future.
The book is certainly set up for a sequel.
Lots of fun.
Timothy Zahn's ISFDB page - http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Timothy_Zahn
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