# Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Deceit - Hardcover

by **Tessa Gratton** (Author), **Corey Brickley**

**Set in the world of the High Republic, 150 years before the storytelling of Phase I, an era of change brings new hopes and possibilities . . . but also new dangers.**

The Outer Rim planet Dalna has become the focus of a Jedi investigation into a stolen Force artifact, and Zallah Macri and her Padawan, Kevmo Zink, arrive on the pastoral world to follow up on a possible connection to a Dalnan missionary group called the Path of the Open Hand. Members of the Path believe that the Force must be free and should not be used by anyone, not even the Jedi. One such believer is Marda Ro, a young woman who dreams of leaving Dalna to spread word of the Path throughout the galaxy.

When Marda and Kevmo meet, their connection is instantaneous and electric--until Marda discovers Kevmo is a Jedi. But Kevmo is so kind and eager to learn more about the Path, that she hopes she can convince him of the rightness of her beliefs. What Marda doesn't realize is that the leader of the Path, a charismatic woman known only as the Mother, has an agenda of her own, and it is one that can never coexist peacefully with the Jedi.  
**In order to follow her faith, Marda may have to choose to become her new friend's worst enemy. . . .**

Don't miss these other adventures set in the era of the High Republic!  

-   _Into the Dark_ by Claudia Gray
-   _Out of the Shadows_ by Justina Ireland
-   _Midnight Horizon_ by Daniel José Older

### Author Biography

  
**Justina Ireland** enjoys dark chocolate, dark humor, and is not too proud to admit that she's still afraid of the dark. She is the author of _Dread Nation_ (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins), a _New York Times_ bestseller as well as the sequel _Deathless Divide_. Her earlier works include the fantasy young adult novels _Vengeance Bound_ and _Promise of Shadows_ (both Simon and Schuster). Justina also writes for the _Star Wars_ franchise, including the books _Lando's Luck_, _Spark of the Resistance_, and the upcoming _A Test of Courage_, part of the _High Republic_ publishing initiative. She is the former co-editor in chief of FIYAH Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, for which she won a World Fantasy Award. She holds a BA from Armstrong Atlantic University and an MFA from Hamline University.

**Tessa Gratton** is the author of adult and YA SFF novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages, nominated twice for the Otherwise Award, and several have been Junior Library Guild Selections. Her most recent novels are the dark queer fairy tales _Strange Grace_ and _Night Shine_, and queer the Shakespeare retelling _Lady Hotspur_. Her upcoming work includes the YA fantasy _Chaos and Flame_ (2023), and novels of _Star Wars: The High Republic_. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her wife. Queer, nonbinary, she/any.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.15 x 8.47 x 5.81 IN

**Publication Date:** October 04, 2022

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