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On a mission in the Circarpous system, Princess Leia Organa and Alliance Pilot Luke Skywalker are forced to crash land on Circarpous V, a mysterious, mist shrouded world known to its inhabitants as Mimban. They quickly discover a hidden, and highly dangerous, Imperial mining operation. Luke and Leia must race against time to obtain the crystal before it falls into the hands of the Empire...
First publish date: 1978
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
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