Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith (Star Wars)

Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace.

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . . . and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace.

After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl.

Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself.

As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aids a young family in running for their lives.

About The Author:

Adam Christopher’s debut novel Empire State was SciFiNow’s Book of the Year and a Financial Times Book of the Year.

The author of Made To Kill, Standard Hollywood Depravity, and Killing Is My Business, Adam’s other novels include Seven Wonders, The Age Atomic, and The Burning Dark.

Author of the official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored video game franchise, Adam is the co-creator of the 21st-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield and has also contributed prose fiction to the world of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark’s Lazarus series from Image Comics.

Adam is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View anniversary anthology series and has written for the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic from IDW. His forthcoming Star Wars novel, Shadow of the Sith, will be published in June 2022.

Born in New Zealand, Adam has lived in Great Britain since 2006.