The Swarm

John Whitman

Book 8 of Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear

Language: English

Publisher: Skylark

Published: Jan 12, 1998

Pages: 144

Description:

A new evil lurks:
Star Wars - Galaxy of Fear
Terror is everywhere ...

The Sikadian Garden on Sk'rrr is full of beautiful plants and flower . . . 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 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?

Uncle Hoole wants to study the S'krrra race of creatures that look like giant bugs. While Hoole works, Zak and Tash visit the S'krrr's huge gardenit's the most beautiful place they have ever seen. It's also full of very strange creatures. When a batlike shreev swoops down at Zak, he panics and accidentally kills it. Suddenly, the garden is overrun by big beetles. When Zak wakes up in the middle of the night covered with creepy crawly bugs, he's terrified. Did Zak upset the garden's delicate ecological balance by killing the shreev? Or is something far more sinister at work?

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