Shield of Lies is a Star Wars Legends novel that was written by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. It is the second novel of The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy, and it was published by Bantam Spectra in September, 1996. It was followed by Tyrant's Test later that year.
The New Republic's triumph grows ever more precarious in the face of an arrogant race bent on war, as the bestselling Star Wars saga continues....
As Leia must deal with a new threat to the fragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomatic solution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha race, Han pilots a spy ship into the heart of Yevethan space and faces a vast fleet of warships under the command of a ruthless leader—a fleet more than a match for the New Republic's forces....
- ISBN 9780553572773; September1996; Bantam Spectra; US paperback
- ISBN 9780307796325; June 28, 2011; Del Rey; US eBook
- ISBN 380252490X; 1997; Heyne-Verlag; German hardcover (Die Schwarze Flotte, Band 2 - Aufmarsch der Yevethaner)
- ISBN 345313673X; July1998; Heyne-Verlag; German paperback
- Spanish edition (La Flota Negra 2: Escudo de Mentiras)
- ISBN 8372450706; July 1999; Amber, Polish paperback (Kryzys Czarnej Floty, Tom II - Tarcza Kłamstw)
- ISBN 9545285400; 2005; Trud; Bulgarian paperback (Щит от Лъжи)