Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
Yeah you should definitely read the Hand of Thrawn.

I also recommend Thrawn it's a new-canon book but Zahn was careful not to contradict anything from Legends. It follows Thrawn rising through the ranks of the Imperial Navy and allows us to hear his thoughts (so no excuse for poor deductions this time). however the parts with the Rebels character are weaker and there's a distinct lack of Pellaeon (Eli Vanto plays his role but it's not the same).
I just read that a couple of weeks ago. I very thoroughly enjoyed it (but I very much enjoy Thrawn, period and have no problems with him being completely awesome - in my opinion, the real tragedy is he didn't win...!)

Notable for the first time, I think, EVER, that we actually get some scenes from THRAWN's perspective, which is amazing.

I am tentatively classifiying it as "close enough to Legends EU in counts as far as Bleakbane is concerned" - though I do actually have the short story in one of the Star Wars RPG supplements on which the first couple of chapters are based (Mist Encounter), too.