X-wing: Mercy Kill^[3] is the tenth and latest known installment in the X-wing series of novels. It is a spin-off of Apocalypse, the ninth and final volume of the Fate of the Jedi series. It will be written by Aaron Allston and will feature Wraith Squadron. The novel was announced on August 14, 2010 at Celebration V, and is going to take the slot of the previously canceled Imperial Commando 2 novel.^[1] It is currently set to be released on August 7, 2012,^[2] with the paperback set to be released on August 15, 2013. In a May 2011 Facebook Q&A, Sue Rostoni confirmed that it would take place around the end of the Fate of the Jedi series.

It was hinted by Shelly Shapiro that there are actually two Wraith Squadrons, and that both would be unaware of each other.^[4]

Contents 1 Publisher's summary 2 Plot summary 3 Appearances 4 Cover gallery 5 Notes and references 5.1 In other languages

Publisher's summaryEdit

The intrepid spies, pilots, and sharpshooters of Wraith Squadron are back in an all-new Star Wars adventure, which transpires just after the events of the Fate of the Jedi series!

Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand—for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission.

A powerful general in the Galactic Alliance Army, once renowned for his valor, is suspected of participating in the infamous Lecersen Conspiracy, which nearly toppled the Alliance back into the merciless hands of the Empire. With orders to expose and apprehend the traitor—and license to do so by any and all means—the Wraiths will become thieves, pirates, impostors, forgers . . . and targets, as they put their guts, their guns, and their riskiest game plan to the test against the most lethal of adversaries.

Plot summaryEdit

The novel starts off in 13 ABY where Imperial Admiral Kosh Teradoc meets up with a Captain Hachat for a priceless work of art. They rendezvous in a bar on the world of Ryvester, and after the work of art is examined by Teradoc's diamond examiner, Mulus Cheems, Teradoc elects to take all of the riches from Hachat. When Hachat begins insulting him as a result, Teradoc threatens to imprison him. The confrontation spills out into violence as Hachat, who is really Garik "Face" Loran, captures Cheems and evacuates with the rest of Wraith Squadron as Teradoc takes the work of art. With Cheems now in Wraith Squadron's company, they tell him that they saved him from Teradoc, since Cheems was in fact as a prisoner, and he is grateful for what they did for him. And as for the work of art, it was really just a set of explosives that managed to kill Teradoc in his own base just as it goes off.^[5]

AppearancesEdit

Cover galleryEdit

X-wing Book Series

Rogue Squadron Wedge's Gamble The Krytos Trap The Bacta War Wraith Squadron Iron Fist Solo Command Isard's Revenge Starfighters of Adumar Mercy Kill

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