‘The High Republic: Tempest Breaker’ Script Book Released
Cavan Scott’s second audio drama starring Lourna Dee releases today in script book format for all readers!
May 13, 2025
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Key takeaways:
Tempest Breaker by Cavan Scott was originally released as an audio drama on December 2nd, 2024
As a script book, this story will read more like a movie or a play rather than a traditional novel complete with character lines and stage directions from the original production
In our review, we called it “the best Lourna Dee story The High Republic has ever produced” as well as a “necessity for any fan of the initiative’s final phase”
Previously, Scott wrote Tempest Runner which also starred Lourna Dee and received a similar script book treatment months after its initial release
Cavan Scott
Plot synopsis:
Lourna Dee is not a villain. She’s not a hero. She’s a survivor. The former Tempest Runner, wanted by both her Nihil allies and the Republic, has evaded imprisonment and death from both groups more times than she can count. But even Lourna cannot outrun the mysterious blight that devours everything wherever it appears. And Marchion Ro, the Eye of the Nihil, has announced that only he knows the secret to stopping it.
Desperate, the Republic and Jedi turn to Lourna with an offer: help the Jedi stop the blight, and in return, Lourna will have a clean slate and the chance to decide her own future.
Teamed with Avar Kriss and Keeve Trennis, the same Jedi who once hunted her, Lourna leads the search for the Nihil’s chief scientist, Baron Boolan, the only being who may have answers to the mystery of the blight, as well as Marchion Ro’s true plans.
Lourna weighs the Republic’s offer of true freedom against her own instincts for survival as her team heads deeper into Nihil territory, straight toward the very dangers Lourna has worked for so long to elude. And when the opportunity arises to face off against Marchion Ro himself, even Lourna Dee may be willing to sacrifice everything to fulfil a quest for revenge.
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker is available now wherever books are sold!
Eric Eilersen is a Senior Writer at Youtini and co-host of The Youtini Show. He loves collecting Star Wars Funkos, lightsabers, and LEGO as well as playing video games, reading Brandon Sanderson novels, watching the Dallas Cowboys, and spending time with his partner and pets. You can follow him at @EricEilersen.
