If you were wondering how they could outdo the bright and striking cover for the first entry in the Alphabet Squadron Trilogy by Alexander Freed, then look no further than the cover for the second entry, Shadow Fall! Chass na Chadic, the B-wing pilot with great piloting skills but even better skills at picking a sick playlist, graces the blue/purple-hued amazing cover, so here’s hoping her, and her past with a certain Partisan group, gets a little more focus in the the second chapter. The excerpt, via io9, offers a glimpse at how the 204th Shadow Wing finds a reason to enter the fray with Hera Syndulla’s New Republic forces again, already alleviating some of my concern of them being a trilogy-worthy enemy, the only real downside to the excellent first book. Freed’s Alphabet Squadron: Shadow Fall, arrives June 23, 2020. Check out the full cover below! UPDATE: My review is in!
Really loving this cover! And for the excerpt, I’m really digging how the crew of Soran Keize’s ship, the new leader of the 204th and Yrica Quell’s ex-boss before defecting, have made a shrine to the erratic behavior of the non-responsive Messenger, the spooky droids carrying the Emperor’s last commands after his death. To bad he didn’t use them again to spread the message of his return in The Rise of Skywalker!
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