I just recently bought this book along with the 20th edition to Heir to the Empire and I was wondering before I read it where does this book fit in? Does it occur before or after the HTTE trilogy? Does it take place between HTTE trilogy and Hand of Thrawn Duology or after Vision of the Future? Just want to know where I should start reading (or re-reading). Thanks.
According to this it's after.
In fact, I'm almost finished with it now. My usual review to come.
In answer to your query, the story comes after all Thrawn-based novels (though not published in that order). It will spoil several things if you read it first.
*edit*
That said; I don't know if it will spoil Outbound Flight, the novel it addresses. Since Outbound Flight is Prequel-based, I didn't bother with it.
Thanks. I plan on re-reading the Thrawn trilogy (I remember I read it a long time ago but I may have forgotten parts of it) and reading The Hand of Thrawn duology (for the first time) before Survivor's Quest. I haven't decided yet and I may even read Outbound Flight first since it is a prequel to those books and technically came first.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Survivors-Quest-vs-Outbound-Flight/topic/11007/
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