Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.

As the Empire reels from the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance, now a fledgling New Republic, hunts down the enemy's forces before they can regroup. But above the planet Akiva, a show of the enemy's strength is unfolding. On a mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather, but is taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic. On the surface, former rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned, war weary, ready to...

With Earth embroiled in a vast interplanetary war with the "Bugs, " a young recruit in the Federal Reserves relates his experiences training in boot camp and as a junior officer in the Terran Mobile Infantry.

Captured by the Master Builder and then misplaced during a battle in space, Riser and Chakas find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky and where humans are trapped in a cycle of horror and neglect. They have become research animals and strategic pawns in a game of vengeance between the powers who seeded the galaxy with life and the Forerunners. In the company of a young girl and an old man, Chakas begins a journey across...

Capturing Councilmember Nute Gunray is the mission that brings Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, with a squad of clones, to Neimoidia. But the ally of the Sith evades his Jedi pursuers. Still, their efforts yield a prize: intelligence capable of leading the Republic forces to Darth Sidious. Swiftly taking up the chase, Anakin and Obi-Wan follow clues from Charros IV to the far-flung worlds of the Outer Rim, every step bringing them closer to the...

"HALO: GLASSLANDS saw a very different development in the war that Earth has been fighting for so very long. With terrible losses on both sides, finally open hostilities have ended. But though a fragile peace has been established between Earth and the peoples of the Covenant, forces on both sides make that peace precarious. A schism among the Sangheili is gaining strength, with a splinter group trying to unseat the leader who agreed to peace; and...

"Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin was not the only child in the Battle School; he was just the best of the best. Card tells the story of another of those precocious generals, the one they called Bean who became Ender's right hand, in the final battle against the Buggers. Bean's past was a battle just to survive. His success brought him to the attention of the Battle School's recruiters, those people scouring the planet for leaders, tacticians, and generals to...

Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo's dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Meanwhile on Coruscant, Han and Leia Solo, along with their daughter Jaina, join the fight to protect more stricken Knights from arrest while Jedi healers race to find a cure for the rapidly spreading affliction. And deep in the Maw Cluster the Sith is poised to strike against...