Club Jade

Random housekeeping. With two months to release date, Random House has put out an excerpt from Karen Miller’s Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth. In other news, Fate of the Jedi: Backlash has been moved back to the original release date of March 9.

Interviews. Paul S. Kemp talks Star Wars and Forgotten Realms with Stomping on Yeti, while Knights of the Old Republic’s John Jackson Miller is over at CBR.

Comics. StarWars.com has an excerpt from Dan Wallace’s Insider article about Dark Horse bringing back Star Wars comics. (The very same article from which the ‘prequel infinities’ confusion arose from. Turned out that the article is a multi-parter and the next installment will include the original Infinities and the prequel era.)

NJOE was the first to spot the cover art for Karen Miller’s last (for now?) Clone Wars novel. Check it out at in full Random House or below the cut. (more…)

Sue Rostoni said Saturday that Aaron hasn’t finished Backlash yet, so it may need to be pushed back a month to April.

In other 2010 release date changes, the Random House online catalog is now listing Karen Miller’s Clone Wars Gambit: Siege for June 22 instead of May 25. But the good news is that Gambit: Stealth is now set for February 23 – and Miller finished up the rough draft of Stealth earlier this month, so things should be on track.

I’ve added a few new dates – no real surprises, just specifics – to our release schedule, but will wait on for additional details on Backlash.

NJOE found the first blurb for Karen Miller’s Clone Wars Gambit – Siege at Amazon.co.uk. (Where else?) It contains some (possible) spoilers for the yet-unreleased first part, Stealth, so it’s black-barred below the cut. (more…)

We’re at JadeCon, having a blast – and I’m just taking a brief email break, and what should come up on my feed reader but a brand-spanking new book schedule from Sue Rostoni? I can’t even wrap my brain around the date changes right now, but here’s the big news:

• Fifth and final Clone Wars book (Karen Miller) is Gambit: Siege. March 2010.

• July 2010 will be a “coming attraction by well-known author.” Nothing more to be revealed. Sean Williams, maybe?
• September 2010. A book that only “might” come to be.
• A second book by Joe Schreiber (not a Death Troopers sequel) is coming October 5, 2010.
• Fate of the Jedi book seven (Allston) is titled Conviction. April 2011.
• The tentative title for Zahn’s Allegiance sequel is Choices. September 2011.
• October 2011 bring a new author: Jeff Grubb.

Our book release schedule will be updated… Uhh, soon. Soonish.

In other news, she has confirmed that the Boba Fett book and Blood Oath are both canceled.

Granted, the cover for Karen Miller’s Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth isn’t going to blow anyone’s socks off, but it’s a vast improvement over the previous Clone Wars book covers. (Interesting that the title, design and artwork all seem to be downplaying the cartoon connection.) Lest I forget, this also gives us our first official blurb for the book:

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are on a secret mission to one of the many worlds caught in the middle of the struggle between the Republic and the Separatists. A pastoral planet, Lanteeb wants only to be left alone to survive — but it is the source of what could be one of the most devastatingly destructive weapons ever. If this potential weapon were to fall into the hands of the Separatists, uncounted worlds would fall. But should the Republic succeed in destroying it first, one world that needs it to survive will be annihilated. A frightening dilemma that Obi-Wan and Anakin will have to untangle, if they can get in and out of the occupied planet alive…

NJOE spotted a very detailed synopsis of Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil at Random House, while Star Wars Books spotted one for The Clone Wars: Gambit – Stealth on Amazon UK:

This is the first installment of a two-book. It presents Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker adventure, set against the backdrop of the “Clone Wars!”. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are on a secret mission to one of the many worlds caught in the middle of the struggle between the Republic and the Separatists. A pastoral planet, Lanteeb wants only to be left alone to survive – but it is the source of what could be one of the most devastatingly destructive weapons ever. If this potential weapon were to fall into the hands of the Separatists, uncounted worlds would fall. But should the Republic succeed in destroying it first, one world that needs it to survive will be annihilated. A frightening dilemma that Obi-Wan and Anakin will have to untangle, if they can get in and out of the occupied planet alive.

The Random House catalog is listing the fourth Clone Wars novel with the title of Gambit: Stealth, as reported by NJOE. The Karen Miller novel, first of a two-parter, is due out on February 23.

In other Clone Wars fiction news, here’s your first peek at S2 in the form of a young readers adaption, The Holocron Heist.

The fiction is coming from inside the house! The latest piece of Hyperspace original fiction, ‘Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd,’ is by TFN’s Adrick “TalonCard” Tolliver.

• The blogside: Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on sidekicks.

• Printed matter: Inside Star Wars Insider #110 is a Clone Wars episode guide and an interview with Fate of the Jedi author Christie Golden just as her first book, Omen, hits.
• Fansites: The EU Cantina is restarting their book club with Darth Bane: Path of Destruction.
• Free stuff: Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist giving away a copy of The Clone Wars: No Prisoners.

NJOE is reporting that the fourth Clone Wars book will be titled Gambit: Stealth. Not sure where they’re getting it though, so for now I’m putting it firmly in the rumor column.