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Chapters (80)
  1. Cover
  2. The Rising Storm
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  63. CHAPTER SIXTY
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  73. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  80. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

But he wasn’t. Not for the size of the creature or the speed of the attack. There was no way to truly understand what was launching itself at them, no way to differentiate between the shaggy fur-covered tentacles that shot forward like skim-snakes, each as thick as a Gamorrean’s waist and lined with serrated suckers. A limb wrapped around him, the barbed teeth slicing through the pelts, through his feathers. Dis slashed wildly with a wingblade, the keen edge slicing through the flesh beneath the slime-encrusted fur. The cobonica howled in fury, another tentacle whipping, but this time Dis was ready. He had felt it coming. Yes! His senses were back. He could sense every twitch of the creature’s muscles, even the flow of the thick, inky blood that pumped through its veins. He could even feel every swing of Ro’s lightsaber across the narrow corridor, knowing exactly where they would strike and which limbs would fall.

Which limb would wrap around the Eye’s leg.

Dis cried out a warning as the bony suckers sank into Ro’s leg. But the Eye didn’t scream; instead he twisted, thrusting the point of his laser sword into one of the beast’s milky-white eyes. The lens popped and foul-smelling ichor flowed, accompanied by a shriek and a frenzy of flailing limbs that threatened to bring the roof down. Dis continued his assault, slashing with his blades again and again, even as the monster extinguished one of the bulb droids by smashing it against the wall. The sudden flare blinded him, and he tried to duck as his senses warned him of the feeler swinging in like a club. It was no good. He was fast, but not that fast. The tentacle slammed him against the icy wall, his wrist shattering on impact, the wingblade slipping from numb fingers. In a second the tentacle was around him, thrashing him repeatedly against the side of the tunnel. He saw another flash and smelled the tang of burnt flesh. Someone was firing a blaster at the creature. Ro? No. It was Kufa, a rifle in her mittened hands. What else was she hiding beneath those damn furs?