Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension

I’d fallen in love with Luke Skywalker and the whole galaxy far, far away in the summer of ’77 at age 13. My parents dropped me off for the first showings on Saturday and picked me up in time for dinner practically every weekend it was in the theaters. It fundamentally changed me and I will always be grateful. But it was rumored that if you worked for Star Trek, you’d never work for Star Wars. So you can imagine my reaction when, out of the blue, my agent asked, “Would you like to write Star Wars?”

 Not one book, but; not alone, but with two other writers, and only writing the 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th books of a world that had 30+ years of telling its own stories. Thanks to Troy Denning and the late Aaron Allston, somehow we did it.

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Really fun fact: Wynn Dorvan was introduced because early on, Troy Denning, whose books were published after mine, wanted one of Daala’s assistants to have a pet chitlik. It was supposed to be a one-off bit. So I created a middle-age, middle-management bureaucrat who kept a chitlik in his pocket. However, as we wrote, we all found we really enjoyed the character’s deadpan, quiet brilliance and loyalty, and his adorable connection to Pocket.  Gonna share a spoiler…things worked out so that, kind of a surprise to all of us, Wynn Dorvan ended up being the best choice for Chief of State at the end of the series! (I made Troy Denning, whose book wrapped up the series, vow to not hurt Pocket.) --Christie

How long can the Jedi remain in power? How far will the Sith go to rule supreme? What chance do both stand against Abeloth?

As Luke and Ben Skywalker pursue the formidable dark-side being Abeloth, the Lost Tribe of the Sith is about to be sundered by an even greater power — which will thrust one Dark Lord into mortal conflict with his own flesh-and-blood.

On Coruscant, a political vacuum has left tensions at the boiling point, with factions racing to claim control of the Galactic Alliance. Suddenly surrounded by hidden agendas, treacherous conspiracies, and covert Sith agents, the Jedi Order must struggle to keep the GA government from collapsing into anarchy. The Jedi are committed to maintaining peace and ensuring just rule, but even they are not prepared to take on the combined threats of Sith power, a deposed dictator bent on galaxywide vengeance, and an entity of pure cunning and profound evil hungry to become a god.

But while the new governors dismantle Daala's draconian regime, forces still loyal to the deposed official are mobilizing a counterstrike. And even the Jedi's new authority may not be enough to save Tahiri Veila, the former Jedi Knight and onetime Sith apprentice convicted of treason for the killing of Galactic Alliance officer Gilad Pellaeon.

Meanwhile, Luke and Ben Skywalker are relentlessly pursuing Abeloth, the powerful dark-side entity bent on ruling the galaxy. But as they corner their monstrous quarry on the planet Nam Chorios, the two lone Jedi must also face the fury of the Sith death squadron bearing down on them. And when Abeloth turns the tables with an insidious ambush, the Skywalkers' quest threatens to become a suicide mission.