Cataclysm

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Contents The Star Wars Novels Timeline Epigraph Introduction Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Chapter Twenty-five Chapter Twenty-six Chapter Twenty-seven Chapter Twenty-eight Chapter Twenty-nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-one Chapter Thirty-two Dedication Acknowledgments Other Titles About the Author Landmarks Cover Cover Title Page Contents Start Copyright Print Page List ii vii viii xi xiii 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 ix 393 394 iv 395 399 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
 Copyright © 2023 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ where indicated. All rights reserved.
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 Contents
 
 Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 The Star Wars Novels Timeline
 Epigraph
 Introduction
 
 
 Prologue
 
 
 Chapter One
 
 
 Chapter Two
 
 
 Chapter Three
 
 
 Chapter Four
 
 
 Chapter Five
 
 
 Chapter Six
 
 
 Chapter Seven
 
 
 Chapter Eight
 
 
 Chapter Nine
 
 
 Chapter Ten
 
 
 Chapter Eleven
 
 
 Chapter Twelve
 
 
 Chapter Thirteen
 
 
 Chapter Fourteen
 
 
 Chapter Fifteen
 
 
 Chapter Sixteen
 
 
 Chapter Seventeen
 
 
 Chapter Eighteen
 
 
 Chapter Nineteen
 
 
 Chapter Twenty
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-one
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-two
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-three
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-four
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-five
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-six
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-seven
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-eight
 
 
 Chapter Twenty-nine
 
 
 Chapter Thirty
 
 
 Chapter Thirty-one
 
 
 Chapter Thirty-two
 
 
 Dedication
 Acknowledgments
 By Lydia Kang
 About the Author
 
 
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 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 There is conflict in the galaxy. Chaos on the Pilgrim Moon of Jedha has resulted in a devastating battle. In the aftermath, the Jedi have learned of the involvement of the seemingly benevolent group, THE PATH OF THE OPEN HAND, in violent interplanetary conspiracies.
 With communications down, the leader of the Path, THE MOTHER, races back to the planet Dalna to make her ultimate escape. Little do the Jedi know that the Mother is about to unleash mysterious, nameless creatures with the power to 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Binnot Ullo was pacing inside a meeting chamber on the Gaze Electric. To his right, a viewport showed the amorphous light of the hyperlane as the ship sped toward the system that encompassed Eiram and E’ronoh. He had paused once to face the viewport, but the view irritated him. He wanted already to be there, to be doing something.
 At the edge of the room, as he paused again to change directions, Binnot was faced with a mirror bordered with