Star Wars - Catalyst - A Rogue One Novel

The Republic and the Separatists have fought for years, and both sides keep building deadlier weapons in the hope of ending the war. Orson Krennic works on the Death Star project, a secret program run for Chancellor Palpatine, and he is set on producing a superweapon before the enemy does. His best hope is an old friend, the scientist Galen Erso.

Galen studies energy, and that research has drawn attention from Krennic and from his opponents alike. When Separatist kidnappers seize Galen, his wife Lyra and their young daughter Jyn, Krennic rescues them. The Ersos now owe him a great debt.

Krennic uses that debt to make Galen an offer: continue his research with every resource at his disposal. Galen and Lyra take it for granted that the work will serve peaceful ends. Krennic intends to put it toward finishing the Death Star.

The novel is a Rogue One prequel set in the Star Wars galaxy during the war between Republic and Separatists. It centers on a family caught between a powerful benefactor and the truth about his plans.

The Ersos have to see through Krennic's deception while his hold on them tightens. The safety of the family and of the galaxy depends on it.