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Del Rey revealed the cover for Dark Disciple today, the forthcoming novel by Christie Golden. The novel is based on an unused storyline from The Clone Wars and stars Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos. The cover is the work of artist Matt Taylor.
Del Rey also announced the book’s official release date: July 7th, 2015. (Keep in mind though that this could be subject to change.)
You can read their full press release here.
If you, like us, are eagerly awaiting getting your hands on another Star Wars book to read, you may be in luck. Today Del Rey announced on their Star Wars Books Facebook page that they will be giving away advanced copies of Kevin Hearne’s upcoming novel Heir to the Jedi during Monday’s airing of Rebels. They will reveal on Monday how to enter to win, so if you’re interested be sure to check their page then. You can read the full announcement here.
And if you don’t end up being one of the lucky winners, Heir to the Jedi will be released in hardcover, ebook, and audio formats on March 3.
Welcome back to Go/No-Go, Tosche Station’s regular feature where we offer our spoiler-free opinion as to whether or not you should spend your hard-earned money on a book, film, or other entertainment. Today on the launch pad: Tarkin by James Luceno. How does the second book in the new canon hold up as it takes readers to the other side of the war? To mission control for the verdict!
Tomorrow James Luceno’s novel Tarkin comes out and last Friday Del Rey decided to celebrate with one last excerpt by posting the entirety of the first fifty pages on Suvudu. You can read them here and you check out Bria’s review of the book here.
Again, Tarkin comes out in hardback, ebook, and audio formats tomorrow, November 4.
With only a few days before its official release, the official Star Wars site posted an exclusive excerpt of the upcoming novel Tarkin by James Luceno. You can read the excerpt here and check out Bria’s spoiler-free review of the book here.
Tarkin will be released in hardback, ebook, and audio formats this coming Tuesday, November 4.
With only a week until its release, yesterday Del Rey posted another mini-excerpt of James Luceno’s Tarkin on their Star Wars Books Facebook page. You can read the excerpt here and you can check out Bria’s review of the book here.
Tarkin will be available in hardback, ebook, and audio formats next Tuesday, on November 4.
Del Rey announced on their Star Wars Books Facebook page today that the release dates for the next two adult-targeted Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, Kevin Hearn’s Heir to the Jedi and Paul S. Kemp’s Lords of the Sith, have been pushed back, though, happily, not by much. Heir to the Jedi will now be released on March 3 while Lords of the Sith will be coming out on April 28. You can read their announcement here.
(via Club Jade)
Time for another Tarkin excerpt, though this time in a different format. The official Star Wars blog has posted a preview from the audio version of James Luceno’s upcoming novel, read by Euan Morton. Listen to it here and check out Bria’s of the book here.
Tarkin will be released in hardback, ebook, and audiobook formats on November 4.
It’s that time of the week again and Del Rey has posted another mini-excerpt from the upcoming novel Tarkin on their Star Wars Books Facebook page. You can find the excerpt here and you can check out Bria’s review of the book here.
Tarkin by James Luceno will be available in hardback and ebook formats on November 4.
The Star Wars universe turns to view the galaxy from the other side with its second book in the new canon. Veteran writer James Luceno makes his return to the galaxy and his debut in the new canon with Star Wars: Tarkin due out on November 4th. Set five years after Revenge of the Sith, Moff Wilhuff Tarkin finds himself stationed on the remote planet overseeing the construction of what all of us know will become the fearsome Death Star. The story, of course, leaves the fledgling battle station behind as the Emperor first summons and then sends both Tarkin and Darth Vader to Murkhana to investigate Separatist communications technology.
Without a doubt, Luceno is the master of weaving together all the pieces into one cohesive tale that makes sense of things you didn’t even realize you wanted clarity for. The time period between the trilogies has been deemed the Dark Times and rightly so as there have been relatively few stories placed in those years. Unlike Darth Plagueis, Tarkin doesn’t cover years and years of the protagonist’s life; instead covering perhaps a week supplemented with looks back into Tarkin’s formative years and moves seamlessly between the past and the present.