Star Wars: Path Of Deceit (A High Republic Novel) By Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland; Overview & Spoiler-Free Book Review – Phase 2, Wave 1 of THR; Set 350 Years Before The Skywalker Saga

PHASE 2 OF THE HIGH REPUBLIC KICKS OFF WITH A CULT, A CONSPIRACY & CHAOS! Path Of Deceit is the focus of this episode; where Mike provides an overview of Phase 2 of The High Republic, before providing his spoiler-free thoughts on the novel. He then provides more information on the book, before giving a spoiler-warning his spoiler-filled thoughts, giving an overview of the book’s plot, some connections to other content and more! This book is the first in the second phase of the High Republic and centres around the Path Of The Open Hand, Marda & Yana Ro, Kevmo Zink, Zallah Macri and the mysterious Mother.

Path Of Deceit is a young-adult novel written by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland, is set in Phase 2, Wave 1 of THR; 350 years before the Skywalker Saga and was released October 4th 2022.

Mike has tackled every piece of the High Republic content on this show! For the HR comics, check episodes 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94 96, 98 & 99. For the 9 book reviews, check Light Of The Jedi (March 2021), A Test Of Courage (August ‘21) & Into The Dark (October ‘21), and The Rising Storm (November ‘21), Race To Crashpoint Tower (February ‘22) & Out Of The Shadows (March ’22), as well as The Fallen Star (April ’22), Mission To Disaster (July ’22) & Midnight Horizon (November ’22). For Starlight Stories, check episode 113! All episodes on YouTube can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8bsER_4sqfhNFfd5aoWT_YX

Mike spoke with fellow High Republic architect Cavan Scott in April 2022 which can be found on this very feed or on YouTube, which has their conversation with video!

Last episode, Mike embarked on a book review for Padawan by Kiersten White; a novel centred around a young Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly after being taken on as a padawan by Qui-Gon Jinn. Obi-Wan travels to a new world, after being guided by a Jedi from the High Republic, he meets a group of children who seem to have strange force abilities, but there is more than meets the eye!

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Guest spots Mike has been involved in:

Indie Comics Spotlight to talk Miracleman Books 1-4: https://pod.fo/e/156d91

Mike went on Ike’s Flame podcast to talk about The High Republic here: https://pod.fo/e/143ce4

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Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:38 Book/Release/Timeline Info

06:02 Phase 2 Overview

07:57 Technology Comparison To Legends

08:59 Spoiler-Free Thoughts & Overview

16:39 Blurb

18:04 Themes, Character Briefs & Mild Spoilers

25:05 Relationships & More Character Info

31:47 More Plot Info & Connections

36:53 Full Plot Overview (Major Spoilers)

40:23 Other High Republic Episodes

41:35 Coming Up

43:31 Support

45:02 Outro