At the Crossroads: The Spacer's Tale, by Jerry Oltion

This was also one of the better ones, as well as a longer one. This is about BoShek, a Corellian acquaintance of Solo's. He's the fella we see in the cantina scene in a pilot's suit. I thought this was another good example of really expanding on the universe. It crosses the cantina day in about the middle of the story. Interesting guy and a very interesting & clever take on who he works for.

In fact, his employer could be a good novel itself. A perfect example of stories existing in the Star Wars universe without having to be Jedi\Sith based. The mention of what he does for a living and where he operates from left me wanting more of that potential story.

Not too much interaction with the film characters and I was again glad that he doesn't know everyone or hear all their conversations. He has his own problems to deal with, so the story goes beyond the cantina scene. I couldn't help but get a slight sense of Indiana Jones in the post-cantina portion. Of course, it's not even remotely close to any type of Indy stuff, but BoShek just sort of reminds me of that type of person.

It has some subtle humor too which I thought was well played. When I go through the novel again sometime in the future, this will definitely get a second reading.