Star Wars Books and StarWars.com have released the cover and blurb for Aaron Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill, one of next year’s most highly-anticipated novels. Here’s the blurb:
Outcasts and misfits, spies and warriors, pilots and troublemakers — they’re Wraith Squadron. Founded decades ago by ace pilot Wedge Antilles, this elite intelligence unit, disbanded at the end of a catastrophic civil war, is reunited by former leader Face Loran to find out whether one of the galaxy’s most powerful military officers is a traitor… and whether anyone can stop him if he is. To succeed in their mission, the Wraiths must become thieves, pirates, imposters, forgers, and liars, staying just one step ahead of their enemies and the law!
The cover art is by Mike Bryan. It’ll be the tenth novel in the X-Wing series, which was a staple of the 90′s Expanded Universe, and the first in more than a decade.
Mercy Kill, a hardcover, is currently on the schedule for August 7.
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12 responses so far ↓
1 Lane // Dec 7, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I cannot begin to describe how much I love this cover. Wonderful change of pace.
2 HelenK // Dec 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm
A new Wraith book? August can’t come soon enough.
3 jawajames // Dec 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm
looks at the cover and sounds the collision alarm!
4 Rach // Dec 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I keep hearing Frank N Furter in my head… “Don’t be upset. It was a mercy killing.” ;-)
5 Nancy // Dec 7, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Very nice!
6 Lore // Dec 7, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolute favorite series
7 Sammygirl // Dec 10, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Awesome! Just now reading the Wraith Squadron novels. Can’t wait for a new one.
8 Doyle // Dec 10, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Allston? X-Wing? Har…hardcover? Is this what joy is?
9 Bardan Jussik // Dec 12, 2011 at 4:00 am
This could be very good indeed. My only regret is that I generally don’t buy hardbacks to save space and a fairly hefty cost. So I’ll have to wait a while before I enjoy this one.
Is that what they call an R Wing on the front cover?
10 Dunc // Dec 12, 2011 at 1:45 pm
It’s an E-Wing, Leland Chee says.
11 Bardan Jussik // Dec 13, 2011 at 3:38 am
Damn it, I always was a little dyslexic
12 New blurb for Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill // Mar 13, 2012 at 10:32 pm
[...] longer, extended blurb for Aaron Allston’s X-Wing: Mercy Kill that includes a few specifics the first version [...]
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