Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm is the eighth book in the young readers Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series.
Publisher's summary
Uncle Hoole wants to study the S'krrr--a race of creatures that look like giant bugs. While Hoole works, Zak and Tash visit the S'krrr's huge garden--it's the most beautiful place they have ever seen. It's also full of very strange creatures. When a batlike shreev swoops down at Zak, he panics and accidentally kills it. Suddenly, the garden is overrun by big beetles. When Zak wakes up in the middle of the night covered with creepy crawly bugs, he's terrified. Did Zak upset the garden's delicate ecological balance by killing the shreev? Or is something far more sinister at work?
Plot summary
Zak Arranda interferes with the engines on Uncle Hoole's ship and they land on S'krrr. After landing on the planet, the ship's engines shut down and they are forced to stay. Zak fears that the accidental killing of a predatory shreev bat has upset the delicate ecological balance of the S'krrr. But the sudden explosion in the native drog beetle population can be pinned on Vroon, a native S'krrr who fanatically worships the beetles as descendants of a sentient insectoid life on the planet. The Arrandas and Hoole escape the ravenous swarms of beetles while avoiding the scrutiny of a visiting Imperial officer, Captain Thrawn.
Continuity
The cover art of the book depicted Thrawn in the uniform of an Imperial Grand Admiral, though he only had the rank of captain in this novel. At one point in the text, he was erroneously referred to as General Thrawn.[1]
Media
Cover gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm.
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