X-Wing: Wraith Squadron is a novel belonging to the Star Wars Legends continuity, penned by Aaron Allston. This book represents the fifth installment in the Star Wars: X-Wing novel series, and it was initially released to the public by Bantam Spectra on February 2 of 1998. Subsequently, a follow-up, X-Wing: Iron Fist, saw publication later in the same year.
This group represents the most skilled combat force in the entire galaxy. While the conflict against the Empire intensifies, the X-wing pilots risk their lives and their aircraft to safeguard the Rebel Alliance. Their upcoming mission involves a perilous infiltration—disguised as the crew of an Imperial warship.
Wedge Antilles has conceived his most daring plan yet: a clandestine unit of X-wing pilots, recruited from the less desirable members of other squadrons, offering outcasts a final opportunity. However, before the new recruits finish their training, their base suffers an attack by former Imperial Admiral Trigit, compelling Wraith Squadron into immediate action—seizing control of an Imperial warship and assuming the identities of its crew. Their objective: to gather crucial intelligence about Trigit's clandestine weaponry, disrupt the admiral's schemes, and entice him into an Alliance ambush. Yet, this high-stakes endeavor pits Wraith Squadron's unconventional rebels against the Empire's most astute strategist of cunning and deceit.
Can they rise to the occasion?
Failure carries the ultimate price: immediate demise.
- ISBN 9780553578942 ; February 2 , 1998 ; Bantam Spectra ; US paperback [1]
- ISBN 9780307796493 ; June 28 , 2011 ; Del Rey ; US eBook [3]
- ISBN 9780593726075 ; February 6, 2024; Random House Worlds; Trade Paperback [4]