Star Wars Sanctuary A Bad Batch Nov..., Lamar Giles
Star Wars Sanctuary A Bad Batch Nov..., Lamar Giles
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Star Wars: Sanctuary (A Bad Batch Novel)

Author: Lamar Giles

Series: Star Wars

Narrator: Marc Thompson

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/05/2025


Synopsis

Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Omega gamble on a mission to help rebuild Pabu in this thrilling adventure for The Bad Batch.

A good soldier knows that life is all about change—whether it’s on or off the battlefield. Surviving, living, means adaptation. Hunter is well acquainted with this lesson. He’s on the run from the Empire, Echo’s off on a mission with Captain Rex, and Crosshair is . . . still Crosshair, but amidst all the change, Hunter still has Tech, Wrecker, and Omega.

And it seems that his small family might have finally found a safe place to land, far from the increasingly vigilant eyes of the Empire: Pabu. But their potential new island home is in desperate need of resources if there is any hope for the fledgling community to recover from a devastating sea wave. That’s where Phee Goena, self-proclaimed liberator of treasures, comes in, with a couple of jobs she swears will get them the funds they need. Despite Hunter’s concern with Phee’s precarious plans, the rest of the crew is fine following her lead.

Things go wrong almost immediately, as Phee’s droid blows the crew’s cover at a high-stakes auction, and they barely make it out with the relic they’d been paid to acquire. Hunter insists they finish their first mission and deliver the relic before taking on more work, but Phee and the others push forward with a second job: ferrying a couple on the run, one of whom is due to give birth at any moment. Hunter worries that they’re risking too much, especially when their mysterious new passengers cling to lies and secrets that trace back to an Imperial Security Bureau officer hot on their trail.

As Hunter tries to get the crew back on a stable, safe path far, far away from anything to do with the Empire’s watchdogs, their overlapping missions only invite more danger and chaos. On the verge of failing both their desperate passengers and their community on Pabu, the Batch must remember that the only way they succeed, the only way they survive to fight another day, is by trusting each other.

About The Author

Lamar Giles is the acclaimed author of the novels Ruin Road, The Getaway, The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Not So Pure and Simple, SPIN, and Fake ID. He is a three-time Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award nominee, a recipient of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s Youth Literary Award, and a founding member of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books. He resides in Virginia with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 17, 2025

This is an excellent novel by Lamar Giles. It hits very element of the writing that it needs to: the pacing, the plot, the characters, the themes, and the action are all handled excellently...it just isn't necessarily a top tier SW book (which it doesn't need to be). The book is only 297 pages and re......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on August 05, 2025

Perfection. One of my favorite Star Wars books I’ve read and the most fun I’ve had reading a book in a while. I’m very impressed with Giles to pick up the bad batch characters from their TV show and seamlessly turn it into a book that just… feels like them. But he did it- and he did it well. Each ch......more

Goodreads review by ThatBookMoth on August 05, 2025

It’s getting a 3 because I love the Bad Batch but deserves a 2 for how it played out. I think the author doesn’t like Hunter. There is SO MUCH conflict that it doesn’t make sense and does not correspond with the show. At all. Hunter’s opinions are literally common sense, which is something Phee is lack......more

Goodreads review by Graham on August 12, 2025

I have a mixed view of Star Wars’ “The Bad Batch”, both the animated series and the titular squad/family of misfit clones. In many ways the characters and stories are a stand-in and an amalgamation of characters and story arcs from earlier “Republic Commando” projects I loved when I was younger but......more

Goodreads review by Lauryn (^-^) on August 06, 2025

The book started with Hunter getting rage baited by a droid and I think thats perfect. Seeing into his head (wow does he have a LOT of emotions) really was eye opening. At one point he was angry but saw Omega and chilled out, which I loved because Hunter really is a family man who just wants all his......more