Star Wars: The High Republic: Defy the Storm

Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up

Star Wars: The High Republic, the New York Times best-selling series, continues. . . . For light and life!

One year after the fall of Starlight Beacon, the galaxy is in chaos. An anarchistic group known as the Nihil has taken over a section of space now known as the Occlusion Zone. Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh and scientist Avon Starros team up in an attempt to find a way through the Nihil Stormwall to save those on the other side.

But what are the Nihil's real plans? And what of the nameless creatures that can destroy the Jedi Order? The battle has just begun. . . .

About the Author

Tessa Gratton is genderfluid and hangry. She’s also the author of adult and YA SFF novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages. Her most recent novels are the dark queer fairy tales Strange Grace and Night Shine and the queer Shakespearean retelling Lady Hotspur. Her current work includes the YA fantasy Chaos and Flame (2023; with Justina Ireland) and novels in the Star Wars: The High Republic series. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her

wife. She/any.

Justina Ireland is the author of Dread Nation, a New York Times best seller and YALSA 2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten selection. Her other books for children and teens include Deathless Divide, Vengeance Bound, Promise of Shadows, Ophie’s Ghosts, Rust in the Root, and five Star Wars novels. She lives with her husband, kid, dog, and cats in Maryland. You can visit her online at www.justinaireland.com.

Author Residence: Lawrence, KS; Bel Air, MD