The High Republic: The Quest for the Hidden City: A Middle Grade Adventure
By (Author) George Mann
Illustrated by Nilah Magruder
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
4th January 2023
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Centuries before the Clone Wars or the Empire, in the early days of the High Republic, it was an age of exploration in a galaxy far, far away. . . .
It is a time of excitement and discovery. Daring pilots chart new routes through hyperspace, while Pathfinder teams make contact with frontier worlds to invite them to join the Republic. When a Pathfinder teams communications droid is found drifting in space, damaged and bearing a cryptic message, Jedi Knight Silandra Sho and her Padawan, Rooper Nitani, are sent to find the missing team members. Their investigation leads them to the planet Gloam, a ravaged world said to be haunted by mythical monsters. But the situation on Gloam is more complicated and perilous than they know. A hyperspace explorer named Spence and his son, Dass, are stranded on the planet and have learned that the mythical monsters are very real and very, very dangerous. Spence manages to activate a distress beacon to call for help but fears their time is running out as the monsters close in.
Can the Jedi find the missing Pathfinders, save Dass and Spence, and unravel the mystery of the monsters The answers lie in a hidden city beneath the planets surface. . . .
George Mann is a Sunday Times bestselling novelist and scriptwriter, and hes loved Star Wars for about as long as hes been able to walk. He wishes he still had the Ewok village action figure set he adored when he was a boy. Hes the author of the Newbury & Hobbes Victorian mystery series, as well as four novels about a 1920s vigilante known as the Ghost. Hes also written best-selling Doctor Who novels, new adventures for Sherlock Holmes, and the supernatural mystery series Wychwood.
For Star Wars hes written Star Wars: Myths & Fables, Star Wars: Dark Legends, and Star Wars: Life Day Treasury (with Cavan Scott), as well as two storybooks for younger readers. You can find him on Twitter @George_Mann.
Nilah Magruder is an author and illustrator. She has written for Marvel Comics; illustrated childrens books for Disney, Scholastic, and Penguin; and worked as a writer and storyboard artist in television animation. Nilah lives in Maryland and spends her free time baking, gardening, and snuggling with her cat and dog.