Before they banded together to battle the evil First Order, Rey, Poe, and Finn led very different lives. These are their stories . . . before the awakening. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Episode VII: The Force Awakens with this first-ever paperback edition of the New York Times best seller!
A shadow has been cast across the galaxy. Where once there were hope and peace, now there are fear and the looming clouds of war. The First Order is rising, its power growing, and the new Republic may well be powerless to stop it.
Three individuals will find themselves drawn into the heart of this conflict: FN-2187 is a stormtrooper trained by the First Order and plagued by doubt. On Jakku, a young woman who calls herself Rey struggles to live in an isolation necessary for her own survival. And among the stars, Poe Dameron strives to serve a Republic he has always believed in as sinister powers threaten to break his resolve.
These are their stories in the days, weeks, and months before The Force Awakens. Greg Rucka is an award-winning New York Times best-selling writer of several hundred comic books, over two dozen novels, and screenplays including 2020's The Old Guard starring Charlize Theron. He is a multiple GLAAD, Eisner, and Harvey Award Winner. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, author Jennifer Van Meter, and their two children, Elliot and Dashiell. He first visited a galaxy far, far away when he was seven years old. He has yet to return.
Phil Noto is an American painter and comic book artist who is best known for his work on such comic book titles as X-23, Uncanny X-Force and Black Widow. His work on The Infinite Horizon with Gerry Duggan earned him an Eisner nomination for Best New Series.
