1)sophisticated unnatural sounding language (ie."indeed", "agreed" etc..)2)the empire , apparently , consists of a dozen Star Destroyers , and every imperial officer died at Endor(?).3)Thrawn almost beat the Rebellion , what? , did I miss something?4)how did the New Rebublic "Account" for the other twelve Imperial Grand Admirals?5)what the heck does "cocking an eyebrow" mean and how do you do that?6)these glaring mistakes , unfortunately , set the standards for the rest of the Star Wars novels. shame on you Zahn.