{"product_id":"empires-end-aftermath-star-wars-isbn-9781101966969","title":"Empire's End: Aftermath (Star Wars)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • Following\u003ci\u003e Star Wars: Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Life Debt, \u003c\/i\u003eChuck Wendig delivers the exhilarating conclusion to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling trilogy set in the years between \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Force Awakens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEVERY END IS A NEW BEGINNING.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the final showdown between the New Republic and the Empire draws near, all eyes turn to a once-isolated planet: Jakku.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Endor shattered the Empire, scattering its remaining forces across the galaxy. But the months following the Rebellion’s victory have not been easy. The fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate its hunt for the hidden enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor her role in the deadly ambush, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane is the most wanted Imperial war criminal—and one-time rebel pilot Norra Wexley, back in service at Leia’s urgent request, is leading the hunt. But more than just loyalty to the New Republic drives Norra forward: Her husband was turned into a murderous pawn in Sloane’s assassination plot, and now she wants vengeance as much as justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSloane, too, is on a furious quest: pursuing the treacherous Gallius Rax to the barren planet Jakku. As the true mastermind behind the Empire’s devastating attack, Rax has led the Empire to its defining moment. The cunning strategist has gathered the powerful remnants of the Empire’s war machine, preparing to execute the late Emperor Palpatine’s final plan. As the Imperial fleet orbits Jakku, an armada of Republic fighters closes in to finish what began at Endor. Norra and her crew soar into the heart of an apocalyptic clash that will leave land and sky alike scorched. And the future of the galaxy will finally be decided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Chuck Wendig’s \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Aftermath \u003c\/i\u003e[reveals] what happened \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e the events of 1983’s \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e. It turns out, there’s more than just the Empire for the good guys to worry about.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Force is strong with \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Alternative Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e universe is fresh and new again, and just as rich and mysterious as it always was.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDen of Geek!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath: Life Debt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Compulsively readable, the kind of caramel-corn book you just keep stuffing in your face until it’s gone.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Tordotcom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Man oh man, this is good stuff. [\u003ci\u003eLife Debt\u003c\/i\u003e] reveals what Han and Chewie were up to after \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Gripping reading . . . [This novel] hits the ground running.”\u003cb\u003e—New York\u003ci\u003e Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Chuck Wendig’s \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Aftermath \u003c\/i\u003e[reveals] what happened \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e the events of 1983’s \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e. It turns out, there’s more than just the Empire for the good guys to worry about.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Force is strong with \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Alternative Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e universe is fresh and new again, and just as rich and mysterious as it always was.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDen of Geek!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath: Life Debt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compulsively readable, the kind of caramel-corn book you just keep stuffing in your face until it’s gone.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Tordotcom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Man oh man, this is good stuff. [\u003ci\u003eLife Debt\u003c\/i\u003e] reveals what Han and Chewie were up to after \u003ci\u003eReturn of the Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping reading . . . [This novel] hits the ground running.”\u003cb\u003e—New York\u003ci\u003e Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Wendig\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He’s the author of many novels, including \u003ci\u003eStar Wars: Aftermath, Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, Blackbirds, Atlanta Burns, Zer0es, \u003c\/i\u003eand the YA Heartland series. He is co-writer of the short film \u003ci\u003ePandemic \u003c\/i\u003eand the Emmy-nominated digital narrative \u003ci\u003eCollapsus\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with his wife, son, and red dog.Leia startles at the sound of a furious pounding on the door, her knee banging into the table above which a glittering star map is projected. The map flickers, and when the voice comes through the door—“Leia! \u003ci\u003eLeia!\u003c\/i\u003e”—she struggles to stand swiftly, almost forgetting the tremendous living weight around her midsection. The child inside her kicks and tumbles as she endeavors to get upright. \u003ci\u003eCalm down, little angel. You’ll be free soon enough. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mum,” says her protocol droid, T-2LC. “It appears as if someone is at the door.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yes, I hear that, Elsie.” She winces as she moves out from around the couch. That couch was supposed to be comfortable—but all it does is swallow her up like a devouring sarlacc. “It’s just Han.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Is he in danger, mum? He sounds like he’s in danger. Should I open the door? I don’t want to let the danger in, \u003ci\u003ebut\u003c\/i\u003e—” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Leia, damnit, the door,” Han says from the other side. His voice is followed swiftly by more thumps and thuds. \u003ci\u003eHe’s kicking the door, \u003c\/i\u003eshe realizes. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I’m coming!” she yells back. To the droid she says: “I’ll get it.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “But your condition, mum—”\u2028“I’m not dying, I’m pregnant,” she snaps back, then opens the door. Han wastes no time in almost falling through it, his arm cradling a lumpy, uneven bag of \u003ci\u003esomething. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Took you long enough,” he says, smirking as he juggles his footing and skirts past her, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek as he does. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Don’t you know,” she says, shooting T-2LC a dubious look, “I have a \u003ci\u003econdition.\u003c\/i\u003e” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Elsie, I told you, Leia doesn’t have a damn condition.” But then, more seriously and in a lower register, he says to her: “You do need to slow it down a little bit.” He gestures toward the star map. “For instance.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I am in command of my own body, thank you very much.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Tell that to the little bandit,” he says, dropping the sack of whatever down on the counter in the kitchen. \u003ci\u003eThe little bandit \u003c\/i\u003eis what he’s taken to calling the child currently wrestling inside her belly. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You mean the little \u003ci\u003eangel.\u003c\/i\u003e” She follows him into the kitchen, and T-2LC’s whining servomotors behind her indicate he’s following closely behind because \u003ci\u003esomeone \u003c\/i\u003e(Han) told the droid to keep close to her in case she falls. Never mind the fact the droid stays \u003ci\u003eso \u003c\/i\u003eclose to her, she’s nearly tripped on his metal feet half a dozen times already. “What did you bring?” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Han winks, thrusts his hand down into the bag, and pulls it out gripping a jogan fruit. “Look.” He gives it a lascivious squeeze. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e She sighs, crestfallen. “Is that . . . whole bag full of jogan fruit?” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yeah. Why?”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I cannot possibly eat that much jogan fruit.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sure you can.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Let me rephrase: I don’t \u003ci\u003ewant \u003c\/i\u003eto eat that much jogan fruit.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  “It’s good for you.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Not \u003ci\u003ethat \u003c\/i\u003egood.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The doctors—” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  “Dr. Kalonia said to incorporate jogan into my diet, not to replace everything with jogan fruit.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He sweeps up on her, cradling her face with his rough hand. He strokes her cheek gently. “All right, all right. I’m just trying to do right by you two.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I know, Han.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “If I think I can help, I’ll always help. With whatever you or our son needs. You know that, right?” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e She laughs. “I know.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s been hard for Han. He won’t say it out loud, but she can see it on his face. Her husband needs something to do. He’s \u003ci\u003ebored. \u003c\/i\u003eChewbacca’s back home, looking for his family. Luke’s searching the galaxy for old Jedi teachings. Han Solo’s got nothing to smuggle, nowhere to gamble, no foolish Rebellion to fight for. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He’s like the \u003ci\u003eFalcon: \u003c\/i\u003eretired to a hangar somewhere, waiting for something, \u003ci\u003eanything, \u003c\/i\u003eto happen. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So he buys fruit.\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Lots and lots of fruit.\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And, of course, he worries about her. He turns her toward the table and the star map. “You’re not still on this, are you?” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “What?” \u003cbr\u003e “Leia, Kashyyyk was a fluke. We got lucky.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I’m always lucky with you by my side, scoundrel.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He shakes his head. “You joke, but this is nuts.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It’s \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003enuts,” she says, suddenly irritated. “What we did on Kashyyyk was the right thing to do, and you know it. If we could formalize that process, if we could target other worlds that the Senate is too cowardly to liberate, then maybe we could—with the unofficial sanction of our friendly chancellor—find a way to do right by those worlds. Which means not only do we save whole systems, but those systems might swing our way and join the chorus of voices here in the New Republic.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He sighs. “I dunno. Can’t somebody else handle this? Just for now . . .” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  “Look,” she says, heading over to the star map. “Tatooine. Kerev Doi. Demesel. Horuz. All worlds still in thrall either to some Imperial remnant or to criminal syndicates or gangs. Rebellions work. We’ve seen it. We’ve helped make it happen.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You know Mon’s not going to go for that.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “She already has. In a way.”\u2028\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the aftermath of the attack on Chandrila, the New Republic was left reeling. Already the whispers arose: \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic cannot protect itself, how can it protect us? \u003c\/i\u003eAlready the accusations have been aimed at Mon Mothma’s head like turning rifles: \u003ci\u003eShe is weak on military presence and now she’s injured, how can she truly lead us? \u003c\/i\u003eLeia and Han came back bringing a much-needed—if illegal and unexpected— victory for the New Republic at a time when it badly needed it. Yes, Chandrila was attacked. But they saved Kashyyyk. They ran off the Empire and liberated the Wookiees. It was a win. And it stopped the Senate from hemorrhaging loyal senators. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e She starts to say, “If we could aid rebels on each of these worlds—” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mum,” T-2LC chimes in, literally thrusting his copper-shine protocol droid head in front of her. “You have a call.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I’ll take it here.” She settles back down into the couch, then swipes the star map off the projector. A new image replaces it: the face of Norra Wexley. Once a pilot for the Rebellion, and recently the leader of a team of “Imperial hunters,” tracking down the Empire’s many war criminals when they fled to various corners of the galaxy to hide. She had helped Leia in a different capacity, finding her missing husband and helping Han free Chewbacca and his planet from the Empire. Now, though? 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