Star Wars: The High Republic:: Midnight Horizon

Daniel José Older · Lucasfilm Press

Feb 2022 · Sold by Disney Electronic Content

About this ebook

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!

Ratings and reviews

You know how the MCU has been criticized for being overly-comedic, light-hearted, and goofy as of late? That is how this book felt. For the second time in a row, the YA novel fails to maintain any of the momentum created by the "adult" novel. Reath is turned into a bad Percy Jackson clone, and Ram is just unbearably annoying at points. The tone does not mesh with the rest of the High Republic, and honestly reads more like a children's book than a YA novel. Red-headed stepchild of the series.

While the book has a slow, methodical start, Older does an amazing job of using that start to weave characters in from the previous set of stories that lead into this. Threads connecting into the grand tapestry that has become the High Republic. Many of my favorite characters are here, and the emotions explored through the eyes of both Jedi and civilians is perfectly done. I say it once more as we go back further with Phase 2 to see what came before, but I love this Era of Star Wars Stories. For Light and Life!

More run on sentences and abrupt topic switches than I've seen in a book lately. I'd like to enjoy it but its a rough read.

About the author

Daniel José Older is a New York Times best-selling author and story architect. He has published fourteen novels and numerous short stories and essays, and he is a regular comics writer for Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures and Marvel. He won the International Latino Book Award and has been a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, the Mythopoeic Award, the Locus Award, the Andre Norton Award, and the World Fantasy Award. 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, as well as on YouTube, @djolder on Twitter, @danieljose1 on Instagram, and @danieljoseolder on TikTok. He lives with his wife and son in New Orleans.

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