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The Swarm
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AuthorJohn Whitman
Cover artistSteve Chorney
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGalaxy of Fear
Canon C
SubjectStar Wars
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBantam Skylark
Publication date
February 1, 1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePaperback
Pages112
ISBN0-553-48638-1
Preceded byThe Brain Spiders 
Followed bySpore 

The Swarm is the eighth book in the Galaxy of Fear series by John Whitman set in the Star Wars galaxy shortly after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Publisher's Description

The Sikadian Garden on Sk'rrr is full of beautiful flowers...and some other, not-so-pretty things. There are also shreevs, batlike creatures that swoop down and feast on beetles. Big beetles with biting mouths. When Zak accidentally kills one of the shreevs, he doesn't think it's such a big deal. He was just defending himself, after all. But then Zak wakes up in the middle of the night, covered in beetles. And an Imperial officer turns up dead...smothered by bugs. Zak knows that this is not prime. There are beetles everywhere! Did he upset the garden's ecological balance when he killed the shreev? And is there any way to stop the swarm?

Trivia

  • Zak was not responsible for the swarm, as a pile of dead shreevs was discovered at the end of the story.
  • Grand Admiral Thrawn appears in the story. Zak, Tash and Hoole wisely decide not to board his Star Destroyer when given the chance.