The subsequent grownup novel in The High Republic, tilted Cataclysm written by Lydia Kang is about to launch April 4, 2023. In the lead as much as Cataclysm’s press run, a new description has been launched:
After 5 years of battle, the planets Eiram and E’ronoh are on the cusp of actual peace. But when information breaks of a catastrophe on the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of each planets—Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A’lbaran—working alongside the Jedi, have uncovered proof that the battle is being orchestrated by outdoors forces, and all indicators level to the mysterious Path of the Open Hand, whom the Jedi additionally suspect of inflicting the catastrophe on Jedha.
With time—and solutions—in brief provide, the Jedi should divide their focus between serving to quell the renewed violence on Eiram and E’ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who turns to the one particular person she believes can unravel the thriller however the final particular person she desires to belief: Axel Greylark. The chancellor’s son, imprisoned for his crimes, has at all times sought to unburden himself of the load of his household identify. Will he reconcile with the Jedi and support of their quest for justice and peace, or embrace the Path’s promise of true freedom?
As all roads result in Dalna, Gella and her allies put together to tackle a foe not like any they’ve ever confronted. And it’ll take all of their belief within the Force, and in each other, to outlive.
Cataclysm continues the story of Eiram and E’ronoh’s plight for peace bringing the return of characters Gella Nattai, Axel Greylark, Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A’lbaran from Zoraida Córdova’s novel Star Wars: Convergence, and selecting up shortly after the occasions of Star Wars: The Battle of Jedha audio drama written by George Mann.
The occasions of each Convergence and The Battle of Jedha fastidiously forged suspicion upon the Path of the Open Hand and meticulously plot a street to unraveling the thriller of this group and their suspected involvement within the efforts to proceed the Forever War between Eiram and E’ronoh. Fans might also be aware a refined shift going down within the Jedi Order that units up the occasions for The High Republic Phase 1 and finally offers enriching contextual historical past for why and the way the Order turns into the dogmatic and unyielding establishment we see within the prequels.
You can preorder Cataclysm right here.
The High Republic Phase 2 is about to wrap up in May after the discharge of Path of Vengeance, a younger grownup novel written by Cavan Scott.
When she is not watching her family and friends’s eyes glaze over on the point out of The Clone Wars, she’s on the park along with her canine, Melvin, or on the sofa with a e book in a single hand and a drink within the different. Physically, she lives in Ohio; spiritually, she lives in Naboo.
