Jade Solitaire

Jade Solitaire was a short story written by Timothy Zahn which appeared in the Tales from the New Republic anthology. It is essentially a tale of how Mara Jade came to meet Talon Karrde. It takes place on the jungle world of Varonat. Throughout most of the story, Mara goes by the alias of Celina Marniss&mdash;a play on Melina Carniss, an agent Mara had encountered before.