Chuck Wendig

Image: Lucasfilm/EAOrchestrated by the Emperor’s counsel and Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax, the first Shadow Council was, as the name implied, meant to manage the Imperial Remnant’s counteroffensive against the New Republic from the shadows, with only Sloane, now a Grand Admiral, as its public figurehead. But although not as short-lived as the IFC, the first Shadow Council was doomed from the beginning, intentionally.Rax, operating on direct orders from Palpatine posthumously released as part of Operation Cinder—Palpatine’s…

Image: Del ReyWay back in 2019, io9 revealed an excerpt from Chuck Wendig’s apocalyptic thriller Wanderers—a book about a pandemic of sorts that went on to be a hit amid a real-world pandemic. Then, in late 2021, we revealed the cover and prologue for its sequel, Wayward, which was originally due in August 2022. That got bumped a few months, but the time of arrival is almost here, and we’ve got one more peek at Wendig’s latest to share.Here’s the summary, in case you need a refresher:Five years ago, ordinary Americans…

Africa RisenImage: TordotcomWe’ve got a huge crop of new books for November, whether you’re looking for space adventures, haunted forests, troublemaking royals, alien invaders, or post-apocalyptic tales of survival—plus new works from big-name authors like Chuck Wendig, N.K. Jemison, Brandon Sanderson, and more. Read on!Image: Mariner BooksThe Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 edited by John Joseph Adams and Rebecca RoanhorseThis collection gathers 20 diverse stories that exemplify “the ever-expanding and…