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Star Wars: Convergence (The High Republic) (Star Wars: The High Republic: Prequel Era) Hardcover – November 22, 2022
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It is an age of exploration. Jedi travel the galaxy, expanding their understanding of the Force and all the worlds and beings connected by it. Meanwhile, the Republic, led by its two chancellors, works to unite worlds in an ever-growing community among near and distant stars.
On the close-orbiting planets of Eiram and E’ronoh, the growing pains of a galaxy with limited resources but unlimited ambition are felt keenly. The two worlds’ hatred for each other has fueled half a decade of escalating conflict and now threatens to consume surrounding systems. The last hope for peace emerges when heirs from the planets’ royal families plan to marry.
Before lasting peace can be established, an assassination attempt targeting the couple tilts Eiram and E’ronoh back into all-out war. To save both worlds, Jedi Knight Gella Nattai volunteers to uncover the culprit, while Chancellor Kyong appoints her own son, Axel Greylark, to represent the Republic’s interests in the investigation.
But Axel’s deep distrust of the Jedi sparks against Gella’s faith in the Force. She’s never met such a puffed-up, privileged party boy, and he’s never met a more self-serious, relentless do-gooder. The harder they work to untangle the shadowy web of the investigation, the more complicated the conspiracy appears to be. With accusations flying and potential enemies in every shadow, the pair will have to work together to have any hope of bringing the truth to light and saving both worlds.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRandom House Worlds
- Publication dateNovember 22, 2022
- Dimensions6.3 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-100593358635
- ISBN-13978-0593358634
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THE ROOK, E’RONOH
For the first time in five years, the sky over E’ronoh’s capital was clear of fighting ships. When errant debris pierced the atmosphere, it was little more than ash by the time it settled over the stone arches dotting the landscape like great giants of the planet’s dawn, frozen against the red morning.
The war was not over, but life went on as life always does. Though parts of the city still smoldered, mourners hurried to inter their dead. As news of the latest cease-fire attempt with Eiram spread, the market of the Rook, E’ronoh’s capital, flooded with citizens anticipating the promise of the day’s water shipment.
Among them, Serrena, a slender figure dressed in a gray cloak, slipped through the haggling crowds. Tip-yip ten pezz a kilo! Thirty per barrel! Bargain asterpuff—dream the dream of the dead!
A mother bargained for a carton of eggs while keeping an eye on the sky. A girl, days short of the draft, shouldered her hungry baby brother on one side and cheap fatty cuts from the butcher on the other. A beggar waved an empty cup. A vendor shooed flies away from his spoiled fruit. A palace guard jumped at the resounding crunch of metal—only to turn and find that a speeder hauling scrap had overturned.
Serrena tugged at the hood of her cloak, but nothing, save for a breath mask, could stop anyone on the forsaken planet from eating a mouthful of dust, even when the winds were still. Snaking through the market and down a narrow underpass, she stopped at the fringe of the hangar bay. Here the canyon’s natural archways made it the perfect architecture for the royal launch pad. Locals liked to say the cavernous opening was the petrified yawning mouth of an old god. To Serrena it was just another place, another opportunity to serve the only entity truly committed to keeping the galaxy in balance.
As crewmembers flitted back and forth, readying a squadron of starships for flight, Serrena crept along the undulating walls of the canyon, invisible as the pilots huddled almost protectively around their captain. The young woman’s face was half cast in the canyon’s shadow, but Serrena could just make out the calm intensity on her regal features. The promise in her fist she pounded over her heart. Words that cut through the cacophony like E’roni gems as they all shouted—“For E’ronoh!”
“Thanks for the rousing pep talk, Captain A’lbaran,” Serrena muttered as she crouched behind one of the astromech droids and inserted a slender program chip into its front panel. A sharp thrill of victory coursed through her, but the moment was short-lived.
A soldier with an eye patch rounded the corner and halted. Confusion, then alarm twisted his face as he closed their distance in long, swift strides. “You’re not authorized to be here!”
Serrena cowered, let herself sink toward the floor, but he yanked her upright and shoved her against a stack of crates. There was the hard plunk of an empty canteen hitting stone. Dust, always so much dust, lodged between her teeth, the back of her throat.
“What are you—”
“Please,” Serrena whimpered and coughed. “Spare a pezz for a poor farmer? Some water . . .”
“There’s a ration distribution at high noon,” the soldier said, releasing her with a frustrated huff. His medals boasted the rank of lieutenant, though she hadn’t noticed him at his captain’s side. Pity, then frustration flitted across his scarred face as he reached into his pocket and fished out a bronze coin. “Now get out of my sight.”
Serrena clasped the coin then sprinted away from the launch pad, merging back into the sea of dusty cloaks in the market where a fight was breaking out. The desperate citizens of E’ronoh shoved one another to secure a better place in the queue for water rations, which had doubled in size in the time it took her to fullfill her mission. Serrena pushed harder, shielding her face against the current of sweaty bodies, until she broke through the throng. Tossing the bronze pezz into a beggar’s tin cup, Serrena straightened and made for the road leading out of town.
“It is done,” she spoke into a short-range comlink.
A worried voice crackled back, “Are you sure . . . it was . . . the right . . .”
“Yes, yes, I’m certain.” She bit back the ire at being questioned. She had been chosen for this mission.
“Hurry back. Got a . . . perfect spot to see . . . the fireworks.”
As Serrena broke into a jog, thirty starfighters rocketed into the sky. Serrena let her hood fall, welcomed the heat of the rising sun, and smiled in anticipation of the will of the Force—because if the Force willed it, none of those starfighters would return.
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- Publisher : Random House Worlds (November 22, 2022)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593358635
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593358634
- Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #24,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Zoraida Córdova is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels and short stories, including the Brooklyn Brujas series, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate, and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina. In addition to writing novels, she serves on the Board of We Need Diverse Books, and is the co-editor of the bestselling anthology Vampires Never Get Old, as well as the cohost of the writing podcast, Deadline City. She writes romance novels as Zoey Castile. Zoraida was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and calls New York City home. When she’s not working, she’s roaming the world in search of magical stories. For more information, visit her at zoraidacordova.com.
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"Pretty good overall, the ending was a bit rushed and underwhelming. It spent alot of time on xiri and phantu in the beginning but then shifted" Read more
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Highly recommended for Star Wars fans.
Some attachments to do form, for necessity, but leaving lo g if it is lasting. Bring a reader back think of Naboo, well into the New Hope. Jedi looking to find themselves in the sanctity of the Temple. Maybe Ankin should read this ancient text ( maybe Vader is at this very moment referring to the actor).
It is relatable to life as we live, it sadly of those live outside the Star Wars Universe. Unlike you: authors, actors, 501 ST ers, and countless other such as your self
Jedi Master Zoraida Cordova.
May The Force Be With Us All
But otherwise, Zoraida Cordova takes some really fun swings with her Star Wars story. It’s very unlike the other High Republic books. It’s ultimately a romance, essentially focusing on two couples, one destined to succeed, the other to fail. It’s that part of the book that probably works the best, save for how telegraphed it is; Princess Xiri is swooning over Prince Phan-tu the moment she sees his rippling muscles in the ocean waves. It just takes far too long to arrive at that premise. It’s literally halfway before you’re like, “Oh! This is this book now.”
Up until then, the plot spends a lot of time setting up the conflict between the warring planets of Eiram and E’ronoh, which probably could’ve been done more efficiently. In particular, main character Gella Nettai’s contingent of Jedi get too much focus when they don’t really end up being super relevant to the story. The cultures of the two planets are also very Dune-inspired, and the worldbuilding kind of pales in comparison to those books. I also think Cordova’s prose tries to reach Dune levels of solemn importance without really earning it.
But my main complaint with the first High Republic trilogy was that the characters got swallowed up by the plot, and that’s not an issue here. Xiri, Phan-Tu, Axel and Gella make for a very likable and contrasty bunch, even if their character arcs don’t always quite work for me. Gella remains kind of an enigma, the reason for her angst left for the next book. Axel’s angst gets a little more explanation though again there’s a lot left to explore. Xiri and Phan-Tu get slightly more closure and I’ll be interested to see if this is it for them or if their story continues.
Convergence kind of leaves you feeling like it was all prologue, like the much bigger story is for the next entry. And I mean yes, it’s a prequel, but there’s obviously a self contained storyline here that only just starts to bloom. But I was interested enough to where I’ll immediately start reading Cataclysm.
That said, once the third act started, everything started to pick up momentum and I was hooked. Confusing motivations/actions by some characters. But overall the final scenes were remarkable and very cinematic.
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Una aventura galáctica concentrada en un solo (o dos más bien) planetas, con muchos hilos de los que tirar en próximas historias.
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A cease fire has been called between the neighbouring but waring plannets of Eiram and E'ronoh. The Republic see this as an opportunity for not only to forge a lasting peace but to bring these outer rim worlds into the Republic as well. However,
"Peace is a choice"
What happens when other parties within and outside the planets don't want to make that choice.
I really enjoyed seeing the characters come together. Some overcoming their own pasts, and prejudices to see the future, but there are other trapped in the past.
For the Jedi's part, I do like that there are more roles/paths for them to follow than just Knight or Master. Also I like the way the High Republic era Jedi are more seekers of the Force and unsure of their paths or more willing to learn and accepting of new ideas, and if all else fails, there are other Forced based religions out there.
I really hope to see all for these characters again. Yes, mainly I am really invested in Gella Nattai and want to see the continuation of her journey. As well as her developing more of her two lightsaber fighting style. I do not even mind if she emerges in the Phase One era. The bar has been set super high with this first book, I can't wait for Phase Two to continue.
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