title: Wraith Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 5)
author:  Aaron Allston 
description: galaxy's most elite fighting force.And as the battle against the Empire rages, the X-wing pilots risk life and machine to protect the Rebel Alliance.Now they must go on a daring undercover mission--as the crew of an Imperial warship.<br /><br />It is Wedge Antilles' boldest creation: a covert-action unit of X-wing fighters, its pilots drawn from the dregs of other units, castoffs and rejects given one last chance.But before the new pilots can complete their training, the squadron's base is attacked by former Imperial Admiral Trigit, and Wraith Squadron is forced to swing into action--taking over an Imperial warship and impersonating its crew.The mission: to gain vital intelligence about Trigit's secret weapons, to sabotage the admiral's plans, and to lure him into an Alliance trap.But the high-stakes gamble pits Wraith Squadron's ragtag renegades against the Empire's most brilliant master of guile and deception. <br /><br />Are they up t
zlib_text: Star Wars
  
  
  X-Wing
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Book 5
  
  
  ### **Wraith Squadron**
  
  
  
  
  
  by Aaron Allston
  
  
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  TEST OF WILLS
  
  
  Myn Donos, the X-wing squadron commander, looked around in confusion.
  
  
  This wasn't right. He'd been through this already. This mission could only
  lead to...
  
  
  Death.
  
  
  The ambush. They were all about to die.
  
  
  "Talon Leader to squad, break off! Omega Signal!" He rolled up on his port
  wing and curved in a tight arc. Away from death.
  
  
  The other Talons did not follow. They sped down their destined path toward
  annihilation.
  
  
  "Leader to group! Break off! Follow me!"
  
  
  A woman's voice: "Can't do it, sir."
  
  
  "Follow me. That's an order!"
  
  
  "No sir. What does it matter whether I die down there or on the way out?"
  
  
  Donos continued his arc until he completed a full circle. He now sped on in
  the wake of his pilots, heedlessly rushing toward their doom. He felt an
  unfamiliar weight crushing his chest. It wasn't 