Star Wars The High Republic - Into the Dark

Reath Silas is a Jedi Padawan who likes adventure only on the page. He spends his hours in the Jedi Archives on Coruscant and hopes to become one of the Order's great scholars. His master, Jora Malli, is a respected and virtuous Jedi, and she has accepted a post at Starlight Beacon, a new Republic outpost at the edge of known space.

Reath has no choice but to follow her, and he does so unwillingly. He boards a ship carrying a handful of other Jedi to the dedication of the Beacon, where Jora is waiting to begin their new life on the frontier.

The trip goes wrong in hyperspace. The ship and several vessels nearby are stranded, and the only shelter within reach is an eerie, abandoned space station. The secrets inside it put Reath at a crossroads and, if no one deals with them, could drag the whole galaxy into darkness.

This is a Star Wars novel set in the High Republic era, with a reluctant hero at the centre. It starts with a character who would rather stay home, then moves him into a mystery in a deserted place, so the mood runs from wry to uneasy. The credits list Claudia Gray with artists Giorgio Baroni and Julien Bétan.