I recently purchased Allegiance but haven't had time to read it yet. Let me know how good it is.

I wish I could remember the Hand of Thrawn duology better. apparently the 11 or 12 years since I read it has been too long to remember. I do know that I liked how he tried to correct a lot of things with the EU that I too felt were mishandled (Mara, resurrected Palpatine come to mind).

And I like a good game of MASH to wind down as well. I always hope to get a mansion, drive a limo, and have 12 kids, but it doesn't always turn out that way. :)