Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher (Scholastic), the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series (Penguin), and the upcoming Middle Grade sci-fi adventure Flood City (Scholastic). He won the International Latino Book Award and has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, the Mythopoeic Award, the Locus Award, the Andre Norton Award, and yes, the World Fantasy Award. Shadowshaper was named one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his decade-long career as an NYC paramedic and hear his music at http://danieljoseolder.net/, on youtube and @djolder on twitter.
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Daniel José Older
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra's near-comatose abuelo begins to say "Lo siento" over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep.... Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on.
Sierra soon discovers a supernatural order called the Shadowshapers, who connect with spirits via paintings, music, and stories. Her grandfather once shared the order's secrets with an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathan Wick, who turned the Caribbean magic to his own foul ends. Now Wick wants to become the ultimate Shadowshaper by killing all the others, one by one. With the help of her friends and the hot graffiti artist Robbie, Sierra must dodge Wick's supernatural creations, harness her own Shadowshaping abilities, and save her family's past, present, and future.
The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution
Daniel José Older
An evocative multigenerational Cuban American family story of revolution, loss, violence, and family bonds
Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, her fate unknown and lost to time. Now, haunted by atrocities long-forgotten, her foul-mouthed spirit visits her nephew, Ramon, in modern-day New Jersey. Her hope: That her presence will prompt her descendant to unearth their painful family history.
Ramon launches a haphazard investigation into the story of his ancestor, unaware of the forces driving him on his search. Along the way, he falls in love, discovers a new sense of his own identity, faces a run-in with a murderous gangster, and learns of each "lost saint" who helped Marisol during her imprisonment under Batista's reign.
Uplifting and evocative, The Book of Lost Saints is a meditation on family, forgiveness, and the violent struggle to be free.
Shadowhouse Fall (Shadowshaper Cypher, #2)
Daniel José Older
Shadowhouse rising
Sierra and her friends love their new lives as shadowshapers, making art and creating change with the spirits of Brooklyn. Then Sierra receives a strange card depicting a beast called the Hound of Light—an image from the enigmatic, influential Deck of Worlds. The Deck tracks the players and powers of all the magical houses in the city, and when the real Hound begins to stalk Sierra through the streets, the shadowshapers know their next battle has arrived.
Worlds in revolution
Sierra and Shadowhouse have been thrust into an ancient struggle with enemies old and new—a struggle they didn’t want, but are determined to win. Revolution is brewing in the real world as well, as the shadowshapers lead the fight against systems that oppress their community. To protect her family and friends in every sphere, Sierra must take down the Hound and master the Deck of Worlds…or else she could lose all the things that matter most.
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows #3
Daniel José Older
COLD COMFORT! A mysterious attack brings EMERICK and SIAN together at the Starlight to investigate connections to their case. Meanwhile, ARATHAB tries to ambush a Nihil ship with deadly results. Can Jedi Master Emerick and private eye Sian Holt uncover the clues to solve this case, or are they about to face their deadly demise at the hands of Nihil?
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows
Daniel José Older
JEDI KNIGHT AND PRIVATE EYE TEAM UP TO UNCOVER A MYSTERY THAT WILL CHANGE THE HIGH REPUBLIC FOREVER! A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It's a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator EMERICK CAPHTOR must solve the case before it's too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, the Nihil and everyone in the galaxy, hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. He'll need help. Luckily, Private Eye SIAN HOLT lives in the dark. Together, they'll follow this trail of shadows wherever it leads. If they can work together, that is.
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows #2
Daniel José Older
EMERICK AND SIAN FACE TOTAL AN-NIHIL-ATION! As dead ends and loose threads mount in Jedi Master Emerick Caphtor’s investigation, he’s called to Coruscant, where Chancellor Soh introduces him to his new partner: private eye Sian Holt. Together, they must go undercover to infiltrate one of the most crime-riddled and dangerous planets in the galaxy. Will Emerick’s duty to the Republic get in the way of Sian’s personal vendetta? Time’s running out to close this case…and what do the Nihil have to do with any of this?!
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows #5
Daniel José Older
It all comes crashing together in this finale as Emerick and Sian come face to face with mystery they've been hunting. Who will survive? Phase one of Star Wars: The High Republic culminates in this crashing conclusion.
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows #4
Daniel José Older
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SOLVE THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE JEDI! As pressure mounts, EMERICK and SIAN follow a desperate lead to close in on their suspect! A sentimental mistake may tip the balance, but a creeping horror lurks in the shadows... Can the investigators uncover the NIHIL'S secret weapon before it's used to bring down THE REPUBLIC?
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows #1
Daniel José Older
JEDI KNIGHT AND PRIVATE EYE TEAM UP TO UNCOVER A MYSTERY THAT WILL CHANGE THE HIGH REPUBLIC FOREVER! A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It’s a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator EMERICK CAPHTOR must solve the case before it’s too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, the Nihil and everyone in the galaxy, hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. He’ll need help. Luckily, Private Eye SIAN HOLT lives in the dark. Together, they’ll follow this trail of shadows wherever it leads. If they can work together, that is.
Last Shot
Daniel José Older
Even the fastest ship in the galaxy can’t outrun the past. . . . THEN: It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren’t your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize—first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca. But the device’s creator, the volatile criminal Fyzen Gor, isn’t interested in sharing. And Gor knows how to hold a grudge. . . . NOW: It’s been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn’t given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han’s doorstep in the middle of the night, it’s Fyzen’s assassins that he’s running from. And without Han’s help, Lando—and all life on Cloud City—will be annihilated. With the assistance of a young hotshot pilot, an Ewok slicer prodigy, the woman who might be the love of Lando’s life, and Han’s best and furriest friend, the two most notorious scoundrels in the New Republic are working together once more. They’ll have to journey across the stars—and into the past—before Gor uses the device’s power to reshape the galaxy.
Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel (Star Wars)
Daniel José Older
The author of Half-Resurrection Blues and Shadowshaper has penned this novel that connects three eras in the lives of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. Part of it takes place before the events of Solo and focuses on Lando and L3-37, Lando’s droid sidekick. Part of it takes place between Solo and A New Hope, and that focuses on Han and Chewie, where we meet Sana Starros for the first time. Part of it takes place post-Return of the Jedi, and that’s where we see Han, Leia, a very young Ben Solo, and Lando come into the story.
Dead Light March (Shadowshaper Cypher #1.6)
Daniel José Older
Set between Shadowshaper and its upcoming sequel Shadowhouse Fall, and following the first novella Ghost Girl in the Corner, this story of music, passion, and mystery will draw you deeper into the magical Brooklyn of Daniel José Older's Shadowshaper Cypher.Mina Satorius, classmate of Sierra and her crew, is being drawn deeper into the light of the Sorrows' world. Sierra's brother Juan isn't quite sure what to do with his band's latest song--it has an actual melody!--but maybe it'll impress his brand-new, out of the blue, super-secret crush. And Sierra herself is grappling with the new powers that have made her head of the shadowshapers... and what that means for her life and those around her.The stories of all three collide at the West Indian Day parade as new threats and old foes thread their way towards the shadowshapers, in this electric novella set on the eve of Shadowhouse Fall.
Ghost Girl in the Corner (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1.5)
Daniel José Older
Set between the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper and its upcoming sequel Shadowhouse Fall, this novella of mystery, love and loss will draw you deep into Daniel José Older's magical Brooklyn. "A Brooklyn with a heart that pounds as mightily as the characters Older has created." —Bustle "The perfect sequelita to #Shadowshaper." —Black Girl Nerds Trying to shake off the strange malaise that separates her from even her girlfriend Izzy, Tee decides to take over the Bed-Stuy Searchlight for the summer. But then she finds an alluring violet dress in the newspaper office, and a cute ghost girl no one else can see. Izzy can tell Tee's drifting away from her — she misses Izzy's shows and skips shadowshaper practice — and she won't stand for it. Yet when a girl goes missing in Bed-Stuy, Izzy needs Tee to get the word out and help investigate. Can they break through their distance and reconnect before someone else dies?
Half-Resurrection Blues (Bone Street Rumba, #1)
Daniel José Older
“Because I’m an inbetweener—and the only one anyone knows of at that—the dead turn to me when something is askew between them and the living. Usually, it’s something mundane like a suicide gone wrong or someone revived that shouldn’ta been.”
Carlos Delacruz is one of the New York Council of the Dead’s most unusual agents—an inbetweener, partially resurrected from a death he barely recalls suffering, after a life that’s missing from his memory. He thinks he is one of a kind—until he encounters other entities walking the fine line between life and death.
One inbetweener is a sorcerer. He’s summoned a horde of implike ngks capable of eliminating spirits, and they’re spreading through the city like a plague. They’ve already taken out some of NYCOD’s finest, leaving Carlos desperate to stop their master before he opens up the entrada to the Underworld—which would destroy the balance between the living and the dead.
But in uncovering this man’s identity, Carlos confronts the truth of his own life—and death…
Salsa Nocturna: Stories (Bone Street Rumba, #2.5)
Daniel José Older
A 300 year-old story collector enlists the help of the computer hacker next door to save her dying sister. A half-resurrected cleanup man for Death's sprawling bureaucracy faces a phantom pachyderm, doll-collecting sorceresses and his own ghoulish bosses. Gordo, the old Cubano that watches over the graveyards and sleeping children of Brooklyn, stirs and lights another Malaguena. Down the midnight streets of New York, a whole invisible universe churns to life in Daniel Jose Older's debut collection of ghost noir.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures (2021-2022) #1
Daniel José Older
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Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Daniel José Older
Centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in the era of the glorious High Republic, the Jedi are the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy!
After a series of staggering losses, the Republic seems to finally have the villainous Nihil marauders on the run, and it looks like there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Until word comes of a suspected Nihil attack on the industrial cosmopolitan world of Corellia, right in the Galactic Core.
Sent to investigate are Jedi Masters Cohmac Vitus and Kantam Sy, along with Padawans Reath Silas and Ram Jomaram, all fighting their own private battles after months of unrelenting danger. On Corellia, Reath and Ram encounter a brazen young security specialist named Crash, whose friend was one of the victims of the Nihil attack, and they team up with her to infiltrate Corellia’s elite while the Masters pursue more diplomatic avenues. But going undercover with Crash is more dangerous than anyone expected, even as Ram pulls in his friend Zeen to help with an elaborate ruse involving a galactic pop star.
But what they uncover on Corellia turns out to be just one part of a greater plan, one that could lead the Jedi to their most stunning defeat yet….
The New York Times best-selling series continues.... For light and life!
Escape from Valo (Star Wars: The High Republic (Middle Grade) #1)
Daniel José Older
Star Wars: The High Republic , the New York Times best-selling series, continues. . . . For light and life!
Journey to the embattled Occlusion Zone in this action-packed adventure set hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga! It’s a dark and dangerous time for the galaxy in which communication has been rendered nearly impossible in Nihil-controlled space as the nefarious pirates continue to threaten the Republic’s very existence. Join Jedi Padawans—including Ram Jomaram—as they plot their escape from enemy territory.
Hopeful young Padawans will have to work together to overcome their fears in order to survive—and help save the galaxy.
Dactyl Hill Squad (Dactyl Hill Squad, #1)
Daniel José Older
It's 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker.
Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community--a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker. Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it's too late?
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 1
Daniel José Older
Two hundred years before the events of the Skywalker Saga, the galaxy is experiencing unparalleled peace--until a new enemy threatens everything the Jedi have built.
In the days of the High Republic, the Jedi are at the height of their power. But the emergence of the piratical, anarchic Nihil proves that even the most successful peace is fragile, and the Jedi's influence is neither as pervasive nor as benevolent as they would believe.
Now Lula, Farzal, and Qort, inexperienced Jedi Padawans, must help the inhabitants of Trymant IV in the wake of a Nihil attack. All the while, they'll face suspicion and outright opposition from a group of subversive citizens who resent and fear the Jedi. Two of those citizens, Zeen and Kriz, will have to decide whether to accept the Padawans' aid or try to save the day on their own.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures is part of a broader publishing initiative exploring a mysterious, bygone era of the Galactic Republic through comics and prose.
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures issues #1-5.
Last Canto of the Dead (Outlaw Saints, #2)
Daniel José Older
Two gods-turned-teenagers wage simultaneous battles in the Caribbean and Brooklyn in this sequel to Ballad & Dagger.
Healer. Destroyer. Creator. Mateo Matisse and Chela Hidalgo are not just two teenagers in love--they're powerful gods in human form. Powerful enough to have saved their Brooklyn diaspora community from the wrath of an ancient enemy and to have raised their once-sunken native island of San Madrigal from the sea.
But soon they discover that their problems are far from over. On the shores of San Madrigal, two creature armies are battling for survival. And on the streets of Brooklyn, a once tight-knit community is divided, with two sides at each other's throats. But worst of all, a heartbreaking prophecy rips these two young lovers apart, sending Mateo back to the city, where cops are now patrolling the streets, and keeping Chela tethered to the island, where chaos and death lurk around every corner.
Healer. Destroyer. Creator. As gods, their powers know no limits. But as teenagers--separated, desperate, grieving--what will become of them? And what will become of their people?
Join their battle and witness their love in this thrilling conclusion to the epic saga that began with BALLAD & DAGGER.
Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.
Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance―Premonition
Daniel José Older
A massive, interconnected cross-publisher initiative focused on an all-new era of Star Wars storytelling.
The galaxy has been plunged into darkness as the fearsome Nihil continue their destructive advance from the Outer Rim!
As brave Jedi Knights fight to protect the Jedi Temple on Banchii in the battle against the Nihil, Jedi Master Yoda must find a way to protect the younglings who call the planet home. But the fearsome Marchion Ro, the Eye of the Nihil, has other plans for the Jedi Master, as he unleashes his most terrifying weapon against the champions of justice yet…
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III--Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone
Daniel José Older
This graphic novel collects the entire Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone miniseries, which tells thrilling stories of Jedi and their allies trapped behind enemy lines as they prepare for their climactic battle against the nefarious Nihil!
The marauders known as the Nihil have stranded hundreds of worlds in a part of the galaxy known as the Occlusion Zone. With communications blocked and ships unable to enter, Jedi Knights Keeve Trennis and Elzar Mann have turned to centuries-old technology to send messages of hope into the Zone.
The messages they receive in return tell stories of a growing resistance movement against Marchion Ro’s oppression. Behind the Stormwall, Jedi Knight Qort prepares for war on Eriadu; rebel fighter Ruu cultivates an unlikely ally in the enemy’s ranks; Jedi detective Emerick Caphtor investigates the origins of the Nameless alongside the diabolical Niv Drendow; and saber-for-hire Ty Yorrick hunts Nihil on the ravaged surface of Dalna.
This inspired anthology series pairs longtime Star Wars authors Daniels José Older, Alyssa Wong, and Cavan Scott with a roster of amazing illustrators, including Paris Alleyne, Valeria Favoccia, and Lucas Marangon, to bring you tales of the High Republic on the brink of war! Featuring stunning new cover art by fan-favorite artist Jake Bartok.
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III--Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone #1–#4.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Volume 3
Daniel José Older
Collects the thrilling third comics arc of the High Republic Adventures Phase III, detailing our heroes’ continued fight against the Nihil and the marriage of Lula and Zeen!
As the heroes of Eriadu do their best to celebrate their wins and resist the brutal Nihil occupation, Padawan Ram Jomaram shows up with an urgent mission: deep within the Occlusion Zone, a young ally with a secret broadcast transmission program has gone mysteriously silent. Ram has teamed up with his fellow underdogs to launch a rescue attempt, but he'll need some help from the Jedi as well. All the while, tensions mount as the allies of the Republic prepare for their final showdown against the Nihil!
Gear up for an exhilarating mission that takes readers far behind the Stormwall to witness Marchion Ro’s ruthless rule, a grim reminder of what’s at stake if the Republic loses to the Nihil!
Join New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older, one of the original story architects of the Star Wars: The High Republic initiative, Harvey Tolibao, the fan-favorite illustrator of the High Republic Adventures saga, and series newcomer Caio Filipe, the acclaimed artist behind Lotus Land, for the penultimate arc of this iconic series!
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III #11–#13 and The Marriage of Lula and Zeen one-shot.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III--Crash Zone
Daniel José Older
Collects the complete story of Alys “Crash” Ongwa and her courageous crew, including the two Crash one-shots, and the 2025 annual from Phase III of the High Republic Adventures Saga. Alys “Crash” Ongwa and her crew—Fezzonk, Svi’no, 10-K8, Ruu, and Baynoo—are the fiercest bunch of Nihil hunters in the Galaxy, and they’re searching for the ne’er do wells who plunged the planet Corellia into chaos. No villains escape these brave allies unscathed!But when Crash’s mission leads her to the notorious Nihil commander Krix Kamerat, she chooses to join forces with her enemy in the hopes of catching Marchion Ro—the nefarious mastermind responsible for the galaxy’s suffering. It’s a difficult choice, and one that puts Crash at odds with her friends and family. Will Crash follow her road of revenge to the bitter end, or choose a more peaceful path for the sake of her loved ones?Also collected in this volume is the 2025 Star The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual: an anthology story featuring fan-favorite heroes and villains from throughout the High Republic saga!Join a team of all-star creators, including Daniel José Older, Rachele Aragno, Nick Brokenshire, Justina Ireland, Charles and Rosemary Soule, Alyssa Wong, Zoraida Córdova, and Cavan Scott, for these action-packed chapters of the High Republic Adventures Saga!Collects Star The High Republic Adventures Phase III--Crash Landing, Star The High Republic Adventures Phase III--Crash and Burn, and the 2025 Star The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Volume 2
Daniel José Older
The forces of light and life get ready for their climactic battle against the villainous Nihil! Experience an untold chapter of the galaxy’s history in this groundbreaking saga!
Zeen Mrala has rescued the love of her life and saved her Jedi friends from the clutches of the Warden. But their reunion is bittersweet. As the Stormwall threatens to engulf Eriadu, Zeen, Lula Talisola, and their allies must prepare for another, much larger fight with the Nihil. The fate of the entire Republic is on the line!
Join New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older and renowned artist Harvey Tolibao as they continue Phase III of the High Republic saga!
Collects issues 6-10 of Star Wars: High Republic Adventures Phase III.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Volume 1
Daniel José Older
Hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga, there was The High Republic! The final phase of this groundbreaking story starts here, as the forces of light and life battle against the villainous Nihil!It's been one year since the fall of Starlight Beacon. Since then, Zeen Mrala, Jedi Knight Qort, and their allies have been picking up the pieces, searching for their friends amidst the wreckage. All the while, the marauders known as the Nihil have advanced further into Republic space, leaving destruction in their wake. But hope is rekindled when Zeen finds new evidence of survivors scattered throughout the galaxy. Who else escaped the fall of Starlight Beacon alive, and where have they been during these past months? Follow Zeen and her friends as they uncover the answers to these questions, rebuild their team, and head into battle for light and life! Join New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older and renowned artists Harvey Tolibao, Elisa Romboli, and Nick Brokenshire as they kick off Phase III of the High Republic saga!Collects issues 1–5 of Star High Republic Adventures Phase III.
Star Wars: The High Republic - The Edge of Balance: Precedent
Daniel José Older
The next phase of the interconnected cross-publisher initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic, an all-new era of Star Wars storytelling.In the all-new era of the glorious HIGH REPUBLIC, the noble and wise Jedi Knights must face a frightening threat to themselves, the galaxy, and to the Force itself… Long before the Nihil cast their shadow over the Republic, an unexpected encounter threatened the Jedi Knights and their exploration of the Outer Rim. An encounter so mystifying the aftermath still ripples through the galaxy…© & TM 2022 LUCASFILM LTDCopyright © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.One hundred and fifty years before Starlight Beacon shone its light into the Outer Rim, the galaxy was filled with new threats and Nameless unknowns. Banchii is still unexplored when the young Wookiee Jedi Arkoff journeys to Dalna to aid his fellow Jedi in the fight against the secretive faction the Path of the Open Hand. Along with his former Master Ravna and her droid ZZ, Arkoff joins the fight at the Battle of Dalna, and during the struggle a terrifying threat emerges. Arkoff’s longtime friend, Jedi Knight Azlin, falls victim to an unseen force whose effect on the Jedi is unlike anything previously encountered. Will Arkoff’s past come back to haunt him, or will it be the key to tilting the balance in their fight again the Nihil over a century later?
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 2
Daniel José Older
An even longer time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the adventures continue for Lula and her fellow Padawans in the Republic’s golden age!
The High Republic is an unexplored period in Star Wars history, set hundreds of years before the events of the Skywalker Saga—when the Jedi were at their height and Master Yoda was much younger, and still training Padawans in the field.
It is here where we find Jedi Padawans Farzala and Qort, who are taking a break from the ongoing battle against the dangerous marauders known as the Nihil. As part of a secret mission, they join an aging Jedi Knight on the starship The Vessel to negotiate a peace treaty with the Hutt crime family. Hey, what could go wrong? As it turns out: literally everything.
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures is part of a broader storytelling initiative exploring a mysterious, bygone era of the Galactic Republic through comics and prose.
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures issues #6–7, Annual 2021 and the 2021 Free Comic Book Day story!
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures, Vol. 3: For Light And Life!
Daniel José Older
The trials of young Jedi Padawan Lula and her friends continue as they face the Nihil once more! From the Jedi Temple on Takodana to the streets of Corellia and beyond, their battles with these fearsome pirates will test them in ways they never could’ve imagined.
As Lula struggles with her new responsibility, Zeen is shocked at how quickly her old friend Krix has descended into evil. Facing challenges both emotional and physical, the Padawans near their final test to prove themselves ready to become Jedi Knights. Whatever the future has in store for them, they are guided through it all by wise words of the Jedi: For Light and Life.
Collects Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures issues #9-13
Shadowshaper Legacy (Shadowshaper Cypher, #3)
Daniel José Older
The epic conclusion to the acclaimed Shadowshaper Cypher series!
A house divided
Sierra and the shadowshapers have been split apart. Juan, Anthony, and Izzy are in jail, anxiously waiting to find out what will become of them. Back in Brooklyn, the other shadowshapers have been getting threatening messages from whisper wraiths, catching strangely shaped figures stalking them, and fending off random spirits. A war is brewing among the houses, and the very magic of the shadowshapers is at stake.
The fate of the worlds
Sierra is determined to protect her own in the coming conflict. Even if that means keeping secrets from them. But a deal with Death by one of Sierra's ancestors has far-reaching consequences in the battles of the present, and as old fates tangle with new powers, Sierra will have to harness the Deck of Worlds and confront her family's past if she has any hope of saving the future and everyone she loves. Only doing so will mean following the magic to places the shadowshapers have never gone before . . . and may never return from.
Race to Crashpoint Tower (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Daniel José Older
Another exciting story in the #1 New York Times best-selling series!
The Republic Fair is coming! Visitors from all over the galaxy are traveling to the planet Valo for a massive, awe-inspiring festival celebrating the Republic. While his fellow Valons prepare for the fair, Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram is hiding out in his favorite place: a dingy garage filled with mechanical parts and tools. But when a security alarm goes off on the nearby hilltop nicknamed Crashpoint Peak, he ventures out with his trusty droid V-18 to investigate. There he discovers that someone has knocked out Valo’s communications tower―a frightening sign that Valo, and the Republic Fair, are in danger. Sure enough, as Ram races to warn the Jedi, the dreaded Nihil unleash a surprise attack! It’s up to Ram to face down the enemy at Crashpoint Tower and send a call for help to the Republic. Luckily, he’s about to get some assistance from unexpected new friends…
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Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1)
Daniel José Older
A YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other while fighting for their diaspora community.Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisse's island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigal's sinking escaped to New York.While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora community dreams of someday finding a way back home, Mateo--now a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts (one who's alive, the other not so much)--is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. Mateo finally gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party celebrating the blended culture of pirates, Cuban Santeros, and Sephardic Jews that created San Madrigal all those centuries ago.But the evil that sank their island has finally caught up with them, and on the night of the celebration, Mateo's life is forever changed when he witnesses a brutal murder by a person he thought he knew.Suddenly Mateo is thrust into an ancient battle that spans years and oceans. Deadly secrets are unraveled and Mateo awakens a power within himself--a power that not only links him to the killer but could also hold the key to unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland.
Freedom Fire (Dactyl Hill Squad, #2)
Daniel José Older
Magdalys and the squad are flying south on pteroback. South to rescue her older brother. South to war.The squad links up with the dino-mounted troops of the Louisiana Native Guard, an all-black regiment in the Union Army fighting to free their people. They're led by General Sheridan, surrounded by enemy forces in Tennessee and desperate for any edge to sway the tide of battle. Magdalys's burgeoning powers might be the Union's last hope. But she doesn't want to abandon the search for her brother. And she might not be the only one with a mysterious connection to dinosaurs.With the Civil War raging around her and the Union on the brink of collapse, how can Magdalys choose between the army that needs her help to survive and the brother she risked everything to save?
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