Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good
Attribution information
Author(s)	Timothy Zahn
Cover artist	Sarofsky Design Magali Villeneuve
Publication information
Publisher	Del Rey
Release date	April 27, 2021
Media type	Hardcover eBook
Pages	416
ISBN	9780593158296
Chronology
Timeline	c. 18 BBY
Series	Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy
Preceded by	Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
Followed by	Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good is a canon novel written by Timothy Zahn as the sequel to Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, and the second volume of Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy. It was published by Del Rey on April 27, 2021.

Publisher's summary

Thrawn and his allies race to save the Chiss Ascendancy from an unseen enemy in the second book in the epic Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

Thrawn's latest triumph still rests newly on his shoulders. Despite leading the Chiss to victory and bringing glory to the House of Mitth, the true threat to the Ascendancy has not yet been extinguished. Their foes do not send threats or ultimatums, or mass ships on the edge of the Chaos. Their weapons come cloaked in smiles and generosity—gifts offered freely, services granted unconditionally.

Across the Ascendancy, seemingly inconsequential events could herald the doom of the Chiss. As Thrawn and the Expansionary Defense Fleet rally to uncover the enemy plot, they discover a chilling truth. Rather than invade Chiss capitals or pillage resources, this mysterious enemy strikes at the very foundation of the Ascendancy by widening the rifts between the Nine Ruling Families and Forty Great Houses below. As rivalry and suspicion sow discord among allies, each warrior must decide what matters most: the security of their family, or the survival of the Ascendancy itself.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780593158296; April 27, 2021; Del Rey; US hardcover
• ISBN 9780593158302; April 27, 2021; Del Rey; US eBook
• ISBN 9780593358153; April 27, 2021; Del Rey; US hardcover, Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition

Cover gallery

Front cover

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition cover

Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition insert

Out of Print exclusive cover

Out of Print cover art

Out of Print reverse cover art

Out of Print slipcase

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Dramatis personae

Senior Captain Thrawn; Mitth'raw'nuruodo – Trial-born Admiral Ar'alani Thalias; Mitth'ali'astov – Trial-born Syndic Prime Thurfian; Mitth'urf'ianico – Blood Mid Captain Samakro; Ufsa'mak'ro – Cousin Senior Captain Lakinda; Xodlak'in'daro – merit adoptive General Ba'kif Che'ri – sky-walker The Magys Councilor Lakuviv; Xodlak'uvi'vil – ranking distant Rancher Lakphro; Xodlak'phr'ooa Yoponek; Coduyo'po'nekri Qilori of Uandualon – Pathfinder navigator (non-Chiss) Jixtus Haplif – Agbui

Other characters

Azmordi Bet'nih (First appearance) Briscol (First mentioned) Chaf'pri'uhme "Afpriuh" (First appearance) Csap'ro'strob "Apros" (First appearance) Dilpram (First appearance) Erighal'ok'sumf "Ghalosku" (First appearance) Evroes'pu'titor "Oesputi" (First appearance) Frosif (First appearance) Fsir (First appearance) Irizi'stal'mustro "Zistalmu" Ja'fosk (Mentioned only) Plikh'ar'illmorf "Kharill" Kiwu'tro'owmis "Wutroow" Lakansu (First appearance) Lakbulbup (First appearance) (Voice only) Laknym (First appearance) Lakwurn (First appearance) Lakris (First appearance) Mitth'iv'iklo "Thivik" (First appearance) Mitth'oor'akiord "Thooraki" (Mentioned only) Mitth'ras'safis "Thrass" (Mentioned only) (First identified as Thrass) Mitth'ykl'omi "Thyklo" (First identified as Mitth'ykl'omi) Obbic'lia'nuf "Biclian" Oeskym Shimkif (First appearance) Shrent (First appearance) Anakin Skywalker (Mentioned only) Slobber (First appearance) Soomret (First appearance) Stybla'rsi'omli "Larsiom" (First appearance) Uingali foar Marocsaa Unidentified Prince Militaire (First appearance) Vimsk (First appearance) Wikivv (First appearance) Xodlak'ji'iprip "Lakjiip" (First appearance) Xodlak'oo'nifis "Lakooni" (First appearance) Yiv (Mentioned only) Yokado (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Yomie (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Yopring (First appearance) Ziemol (First mentioned)

Creatures

Blinkbird (First mentioned) Chimaera (Picture only) Greenstripe (First mentioned) (In flashback(s)) Growzer (First appearance) Insect Lizard Packbull Nighthunter (Mentioned only) Saddlebull (First mentioned) Whisker (Mentioned only) Yubal (Mentioned only)

Events

Attack on the Paataatus (Mentioned only) Great Migration (First appearance) Grysk conquests Plot to destroy the Chiss Ascendancy (First appearance) First skirmish over Sunrise (First appearance) Second skirmish over Sunrise (First appearance) Skirmish above Hoxim (First appearance) Skirmish against the Watith (First appearance) Sunrise civil war (First mentioned) Nikardun campaigns (First appearance) Mission to Rapacc (First appearance) Mission to the Vak Combine (First appearance) Skirmish above Nettehi (First appearance) Nikardun conquests (Indirect mention only) Battle over Primea (Indirect mention only) Mission to the Rapacc system (Indirect mention only) Raid on Rapacc (Indirect mention only) Sith Wars (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Tarleev Unknown Regions Celwis (First appearance) Brickwalk (First appearance) Celwis's largest moon (First mentioned) Coduyo family lands (First mentioned) Redhill province (First appearance) Berthing Strip Twenty-Nine (First mentioned) Redhill (First appearance) Redhill Hall (First appearance) Cioral (First mentioned) Csilla Csaplar Convocate Hall March of Silence Xodlak family homestead (First mentioned) Copero (First mentioned) Hoxim (First appearance) Agbui settlement (First appearance) Massoss system (Mentioned only) Massoss (First mentioned) Naporar (Mentioned only) Taharim Academy (Mentioned only) Nettehi (First identified as Nettehi) Primea (Mentioned only) Rapacc system Rapacc Boropacc (First appearance) Unidentified city (First appearance) Sarvchi (Mentioned only) Schesa (Mentioned only) Schesa triad (First mentioned) Shihon (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Panopyl Mountains (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Sposia (First mentioned) "Sunrise" (First appearance) Southern Mountains (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Attendants (In flashback(s)) Chiss Ascendancy Caregiver Chiss Defense Force Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet Picket Force Six Chiss officer Admiral Captain Commodore (Mentioned only) Fleet Admiral (Mentioned only) General (Mentioned only) Junior Captain Junior Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Mid Admiral (First mentioned) Mid Captain Mid Commander Mid General (First mentioned) Senior Captain Senior Commander Senior General (First mentioned) Supreme Admiral Supreme General Chiss warrior Junior Warrior Mid Warrior Senior Warrior Chiss family Blood Cousin Csap family (First appearance) Evroes family (First appearance) Merit adoptive Ranking distant Trial-born Senior Aide (First appearance) Sky-walker corps Caregiver Sky-walker Syndicure Aristocra Councilor Great Families Coduyo family (First appearance) Coduyo fleet (First mentioned) Erighal family (First appearance) Expeditionary Force Alpha (First appearance) Kiwu family Pommrio family (First appearance) Pommrio fleet (First appearance) Stybla family (First appearance) Xodlak family (First appearance) Xodlak fleet (First appearance) Task Force Xodlak (First appearance) Nine Ruling Families Boadil family Chaf family Clarr family Dasklo family Irizi family Mitth family Obbic family Plikh family Ufsa family Patriarch Patriel Speaker Syndic Syndic Prime (First appearance) Engineer (Mentioned only) Farseekers (First mentioned) Galactic Republic (Indirect mention only) Generalirius (First mentioned) Grysk Hegemony Generalissimo (First mentioned) Hiveborn (First identified as Hiveborn) Paataatus military Prince Militaire (First appearance) (Voice only) Nikardun Destiny Nikardun military Officer Admiral Captain First officer Sensor officer Weapons officer Paccian Governance (First appearance) Marocsaa subclan Sith Empire (Indirect mention only) Vak Combine (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Agbui (First appearance) Grysk Near-human Chiss Nikardun (Mentioned only) Paataatus Paccosh The Magys species (First appearance) Vagaari (Mentioned only) Vak (Mentioned only) Watith (First appearance)

Vehicles and vessels

Asteroid missile platform (First appearance) Skycar Skytruck (First appearance) Space station Blackdock Csilla Blackdock Two (First appearance) Bluedock Starship Battle Dreadnought class Unidentified Battle Dreadnought Cruiser Battle cruiser Heavy cruiser Chiss heavy cruiser (First identified as Chiss heavy cruiser) Grayshrike Springhawk Light cruiser Pommrio cruiser (First appearance) Xodlak cruiser (First appearance) Apogee (First appearance) Paataatus enhanced cruiser (First appearance) Freighter Saltbarrel (First appearance) Frigate Chiss frigate (First mentioned) Midsummer (First mentioned) Heavy frigate (First appearance) Paataatus heavy frigate (First appearance) Gunboat Nikardun gunboat Paataatus gunboat Unidentified missile boat Watith gunboat (First appearance) Nightdragon man-of-war Vigilant Patrol ship Xodlak patrol ship (First mentioned) Shuttle Chiss shuttle Shuttle One (First appearance) Starfighter Paataatus fighter Unidentified Lesser Space starship (First mentioned)

Weapons and technology

Cloud diary (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Communications triad Electroextraction processing unit (Mentioned only) Electrostatic barrier Gravity well generator Hibernation chamber Lure stick (First appearance) Missile Breacher Dibber (First appearance) Plasma sphere Plasma sphere launcher Questis data-link reader Starflash (First mentioned) Thruster Tractor beam

Miscellanea

Brass (Mentioned only) Breakfast fritter (First appearance) Bridge Building snap Charric Cheese Unidentified cheese (First mentioned) Cromas nectar (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Death Suicide Eye Family emergency (First appearance) Fruit juice Gold Grillig-juice Hoof fungus Hull Hyperspace Iron Jewelry Nyix brooch (First appearance) Ring Marocsaa subclan ring Language Cheunh Trade language Minnisiat Taarja Laser Spectrum laser Light show (First appearance) Marble Moon Nyix (First appearance) Nyix-alloy (First appearance) Plant Grain (Mentioned only) Grass Kumeg Tree Platinum (Mentioned only) Politics (Mentioned only) Preemptive-strike laws (First identified as Preemptive-strike laws) Realspace Rematching Sleep (Mentioned only) Starday Task force Time Second Standard day Standard hour Standard minute Standard week Standard year Treasure-puzzle poem Trials (Mentioned only) Uandualon (Mentioned only) Univer (Mentioned only) Viewport Volcano (Mentioned only) Warship Wandering year (First appearance) White Judgment Seat (First appearance) World (Mentioned only)

Bibliography

• The Chiss Fleet Attacks in Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad"—Star Wars Insider 201

External links

•  Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Hardcover)
•  Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (eBook)
• Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Amazon.com (backup link)
•  Greater Good (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy #2) on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)

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