"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Star wars: The High Republic -- Trail of Shadows (2021) #1-5"--Copyright page

"A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It's a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator Emerick Caphtor must solve the case before it's too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, the Nihil and everyone in the galaxy, hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. He'll need help. Luckily, Private Eye Sian Holt lives in the dark. Together, they'll follow this trail of shadows wherever it leads. If they can work together, that is"--

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