Star Wars : The High Republic : The Fallen Star

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by  Claudia Gray

Star Wars: The High Republic: The Fallen Star is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents
either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual
events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2022 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ where indicated. All rights reserved.
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Cover art: Yiyhoung Li
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
The Star Wars Novels Timeline
Epigraph
Preface
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Epilogue
Dedication
Acknowledgments
By Claudia Gray
About the Author

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….
T
he tragic events
of the Republic Fair have galvanized the
galaxy. The Jedi and the Republic have gone on the offensive to stop the
marauding NIHIL. With these vicious raiders all but defeated, Jedi Master
AVAR KRISS has set her sights on LOURNA DEE, the supposed Eye of
the Nihil, and has undertaken a mission to capture her once and for all.
But unbeknownst to the Jedi, the true leader of the Nihil, the insidious
MARCHION RO, is about to launch an attack on the Jedi and the Republic,
on a scale not seen in centuries. If he succeeds, the Nihil will be triumphant,
and the light of the Jedi will go dark.
Only the brave Jedi Knights of STARLIGHT BEACON stand in his
way, but even they may not be enough against Ro and the ancient enemy
that’s about to be unleashed….
T
he Longbeam cruiser
slipped into the Nefitifi system as
smoothly and silently as a sharp needle piercing black cloth. Only a few
million years before, a star in this previously binary system had exploded,
leaving behind a nebula of extraordinary scale. Trails of deep-purple and
dark-blue gases laced between the planets, radioactive and opaque, hiding
the entire system within swirls of mist.
Many smugglers had, in the past, taken advantage of that mist.
The Jedi now believed the Nihil were using it, too. It was their last place
to hide.
“Any signals?” Master Indeera Stokes asked her Padawan.
Bell Zettifar, next to her, shook his head. “Nothing on any frequencies.
It’s completely quiet out there.”
“It shouldn’t be.” Master Nib Assek shook her head, her gray hair
painted silver by the shadows in which they stood. (When a Longbeam ran
on half power to avoid attention—as this one now did—lighting dimmed
accordingly.) “Gunrunners have used this part of space for a long time.
You’d expect beacons, tagged cargo in asteroids, something of that sort.
Instead…nothing.”
Bell glanced over at a fellow Padawan, the Wookiee Burryaga, who
stood by Master Assek’s side. Their shared look confirmed that they
understood what was implied: The Nefitifi system was too quiet. Finding no