CHARLES SOULE at Books Inc. in the Marina

Join #1 New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed comic book writer Charles Soule at Books Inc. in the Marina to celebrate the thrilling conclusion of Star Wars: The High Republic with his newest novel, Trials of the Jedi.

Charles will be in conversation with Pablo Hidalgo of Lucasfilm.

The Force is everything. A single life connected to all life. All things connected to all other things. This is what the Jedi believe, and this is why they fight. For life . . . and the light.

For too long, the light has been threatened by Marchion Ro, a sinister despot who will stop at nothing in his quest for power. The conflict with Ro and his marauding Nihil forces has left scars across the galaxy and held the Republic hostage. Countless lives have been lost, beacons of hope have fallen, and the collective courage and resolve of the Republic have been tested like never before. Through it all the Jedi Order has endured, an unwavering candle against the encroaching darkness.

But the Jedi have yet to solve the mystery of the Nameless creatures who feed on the Force. Ro has loosed them upon the galaxy, striking fear into the heart of even the most stalwart Jedi. And yet with every life saved and world freed from Nihil control, the all-consuming blight, which devours everything wherever it appears, threatens to wipe it all away.

Everything now depends on nine brave Jedi, led by Avar Kriss and Elzar Mann, who embark on a treacherous journey to the Nameless homeworld. Their quest: to finally solve the mystery of the Nameless and their connection to the Force, and to stop the blight before its damage becomes irreversible.

But a final confrontation with Marchion Ro awaits. Ro, who is willing to sacrifice everything he’s achieved to secure a final victory against the Jedi and carve his name into the very stars for all time.

Nothing less than the fate of everything, perhaps even the Force itself, is at stake.

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and comic book author. He has spent over a decade creating stories for some of the most enduring characters in popular culture, from Superman to Darth Vader, with much of his work adapted for film, television, and video games. He is the writer of numerous bestselling, critically acclaimed original comic series such as Eight Billion Genies and Undiscovered Country, as well as three original novels for HarperCollins, the latest of which is The Endless Vessel. Charles is a creative consultant for Lucasfilm, Ltd., and is one of the founding architects of Star Wars: The High Republic, a multi-platform Star Wars saga kicked off by his bestselling novel Light of the Jedi. He lives in New York City.

Pablo Hidalgo is a Chilean-born creative executive based in California, for Lucasfilm on the Star Wars franchise. As part of the Lucasfilm Story Group, he along with Kiri Hart and Leland Chee is frequently named as one of the people tasked with maintaining the canon of the franchise after its partial reboot in 2014 and often consults on Star Wars projects in development regarding their integration in the larger Star Wars canon. He is the author of several official references and guidebooks about the Star Wars, G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises.

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