Star Wars The High Republic - The Rising Storm

The Republic is growing, and Chancellor Lina Soh wants the whole galaxy to see it. She plans the Republic Fair, a public display of the peace that more and more worlds now share. The Jedi, with the newly built Starlight Beacon station at the front of that effort, send Stellan Gios, Bell Zettifar, Elzar Mann and others as ambassadors.

The Nihil have not forgotten the Jedi. Their leader, Marchion Ro, wants that unity destroyed, and the fair gives him a stage with the galaxy watching. His raiders arrive in force, bringing chaos and revenge to the celebration.

This is science fiction in the Star Wars universe, set in the High Republic era, and it follows the events of Light of the Jedi, the hyperspace disaster and the Jedi response to it. The story follows several Jedi rather than one hero, and it moves between the political show of the fair and the violence that breaks over it.

As the Jedi work to hold back the rampaging Nihil, they begin to see what their enemy truly intends. It is a fear meant to spread across the galaxy, and one the Force cannot protect them from. Expect a darker turn, with a peace under attack and the heroes pushed onto the defensive.