New York Times bestselling author E. K. Johnston, author of the
Queens series starring Padmé Amidala, brings fans an untold story about
Qi'ra, portrayed by Emilia Clarke in Star Wars: A Solo Story.
Not everyone gets to be the hero.
Qi'ra listened to the dreams and promises of a boy with a reckless
smile, only to be torn away from him and returned to the White Worms
gang while Han made his way to freedom. Now freedom seems like a luxury
she can't afford while she concentrates on survival and despairs of ever
leaving Corellia. But her fortunes seem to turn when a representative of
the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn plucks Qi'ra from captivity and brings
her to the syndicate's leader, the mysterious and mercurial Dryden Vos.
Vos offers Qi'ra an opportunity she's never had before: the chance to
build something resembling a comfortable life if she can prove her worth
to his organization. With failure meaning certain death, Qi'ra knows she
must immerse herself in the merciless, murderous world of Crimson Dawn.
What she doesn't know is just who she will be if she survives. . . .