When Marvel released the first book of Shadow of Starlight, I thought it was great. With Phase III being a jump 150 years into the first, book one in this series was a great refresher on what happened when we ended Phase I (Nihil destroyed Starlight and a lot of people died) with a great explanation of the new Guardian Protocols the Jedi put into place.

Then, book two came out detailing the shared grief despite being apart for Elzar Mann and Avar Kriss. It was another great book pushing two of our main protagonists forward in their journey.

But before book three could come out, George Mann’s The Eye of Darkness novel was released. While the book is great and I enjoyed it, it caught us up to “present day” which has moved us past the story in this effort from Charles Soule.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this book and actually seeing the events unfold, but it does show some of the events discussed in the book involving Bell Zettifar, Burryaga, and Grandmaster Pra-Tre Veter. It’s not that I didn’t like seeing what happened, but I wish this had been released before The Eye of Darkness. The suspense for the story was gone.

But, I feel scheduling issues with Marvel comics will always be there, so I’m not too upset about it. I also have to remember that not everyone is reading all of the books to go along with these comics.

Overall, it was a good book, and I enjoyed it. Bell and Burryaga are two of my favorites from the High Republic so far. More, please.