Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest
Author: Tom Huddleston Time: 18 BBY, a year after the events of Revenge of the Sith . The Empire is beginning its rule. Place: Xirl, a (mostly) uninhabited planet in Wild Space. In this next installment of the Adventures in Wild Space series, Lina and Milo Graf are still on the hunt for their parents, who were abducted by Captain Visler Korda. They intercepted an anti-Empire transmission at the end of the last book. Their new goal is to find the source of the message. They hope that person may be able to help them. They end up on the planet Xirl. It's basically a big jungle. There is a landing strip but only one building: a hunting lodge. It's filled with taxidermied creatures from all over the galaxy. The children don't spot anyone, so they go exploring. They find the wreckage of a freighter. They don't need the giant claw marks and splattered blood to tell that something's clearly not right here. They meet the owner of the lodge (and the...