As Leia and Gavin Darklighter lead desperate refugees in a fighting retreat from Yunnan Vong forces, Mara Jade, Anakin, Jacen, and Corran Horn find themselves tested as never before by a faceless, implacable foe determined to smother the light of the New Republic forever beneath a shroud of darkest evil. Now Luke must wield all the awesome powers of a Jedi Master to defeat the gravest threat since Darth Vader.

Most ominous of all, they are impervious to the Force. Their technology is as strange as it is deadly. Merciless warriors, the Yunnan Vong glory in torture. LucasArts’ X-wing games would inspire Michael Stackpole to launch his fantastic run with Rogue Squadron a series of novels in which famous ace Wedge Antilles puts together a new squadron of. When alien invaders known as the Yunnan Vong strike without warning, the New Republic is thrown on the defensive. Even the Jedi feel the strain, as rogue elements rebel against Luke's leadership. Just when unity is needed most, mistrust is on the rise. When not chained to a desk madly fighting deadlines, he plays indoor soccer, rides a mountain bike, and reads, but not all at the same time. Dark Tide: Onslaught is the first of two new Star Wars novels he is writing. It is a perilous time for the New Republic. Stackpole is the author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars X-wing novels. ONSLAUGHT pits the battle-tested heroes of the past-Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa Solo-along with the next generation of Jedi and droids, against fearsome never-before-encountered enemies from beyond the galactic rim. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media.In this epic of unsurpassed action and imagination, Michael Stackpole helps to launch an exciting new era in Star Wars(R) history. Star Wars is an epic space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. This novel takes place during the Jedi Academy trilogy and is told from the perspective of Corran Horn from the X-Wing Rogue Squadron novel series. But to succeed, Corran will have to come to terms with his Jedi heritage-and make a terrible choice: surrender to the dark side.or die. Using his Corellian undercover experience, he must infiltrate, sabotage, and destroy a ruthless organization in order to find his wife. He joins Luke Skywalker's famed Jedi academy to begin training, only to quit in frustration at Skywalker's methods. To do so, he knows he must develop the latent Force powers inherited from his grandfather, a legendary Jedi hero. Then his wife, Mirax, vanishes on a covert mission for the New Republic, and Corran vows to find her. Stackpole presents a stirring new tale set in the Star Wars universe: the dramatic story of a heroic X-wing pilot on the razor's edge between the Force-and the dark side.Ĭorran Horn has distinguished himself as one of the best and brightest of Rogue Squadron's elite fighting force. New York Times bestselling author Michael A.

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