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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lauded Star Wars author James Luceno returns to pen an intense tale of ambition and betrayal that sets the stage for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 
War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine’s...

The first Star Wars novel created in collaboration with the Lucasfilm Story Group set during the legendary "Dark Times" between Episodes III and IV of the popular films tells the story of how two of the lead characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels first came to cross paths.

As Andalite is dying, he gives Jake, Cassie, Marco, Tobias, and Rachel the power to "morph"--to transform into some of the most dangerous creatures on Earth, in an attempt to save humanity from a silent attack.

Marooned on the enemy-occupied planet of Marduk, despised royal Brat Prince Roger MacClintock and his Marine bodyguards must march and fight their way through steaming jungles, carnivorous beasts, murderous natives, and perpetual rain to the only starport— which is controlled by the Empire's worst enemies. But neither Roger nor the Marines are about to give up. Marduk, do your worst!

There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary - by total annihilation if necessary. To the Sh'daar, the driving technologies of transcendent...

A thrilling prequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, set roughly six years before the events of the film.

"The second original novel from the much-missed Space Western Firefly, produced with Joss Whedon as consulting editor, set between the TV series and the movie Serenity."--www.amazon.com.

"In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system, the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace with an inscrutable alien life from that no one has ever seen. But Admiral Alexander King, the hero of Aplhekka, has gone rogue, launching his fabled battlegroup beyond the boundaries of Human Space against all orders. With Confederation warships in hot pursuit, Koening is taking the war for humankind's survival directly to a myserious omnipotent...

"On the far side of known human space, the Marines are under siege, battling the relentless servant races of the Sh'daar aggressor. With a task force stripped to the bone and the Terran Confederation of States racked by dissent, rogue Admiral Alexander Koenig must make the momentous decision that will seal his fate and the fate of humankind. A strong defensive posture is futile, so Koenig will seize the initiative and turn the gargantuan Star Carrier...

"Far in the future, 60,000 light-years from Earth, a loose confederacy of Terran exiles are locked in battle with the enigmatic Protoss and the ruthless Zerg Swarm. Each species struggles to ensure its own survival among the stars in a war that will herald the beginning of mankind's great chapter- or foretell its violent, bloody end"--Page 4 of cover.