Lydia Kang, joined in conversation by KETV reporter Josh Kristianto, will discuss and sign Star Wars: Cataclysm, The High Republic Prequel Era.

After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the Jedi race to confront the Path of the Open Hand and end the Forever War.
After five years of conflict, the planets Eiram and E'ronoh are on the cusp of real peace. But when news breaks of a disaster at the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of both planets—Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A'lbaran—working alongside the Jedi, have uncovered evidence that the conflict is being orchestrated by outside forces, and all signs point to the mysterious Path of the Open Hand, whom the Jedi also suspect of causing the disaster on Jedha. With time—and answers—in short supply, the Jedi must divide their focus between helping quell the renewed violence on Eiram and E'ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who turns to the one person she believes can unravel the mystery but the last person she wants to trust: Axel Greylark. As all roads lead to Dalna, Gella and her allies prepare to take on a foe unlike any they've ever faced. And it will take all of their trust in the Force, and in one another, to survive.

Lydia Kang is an author of adult and young adult fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. She is also practices internal medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. She became a Star Wars author with the short story "Right-Hand Man" in the 2020 anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, which describes the critical scene in which 2-1B attaches Luke Skywalker's prosthetic hand. Her historical fiction includes the bestselling titles Opium and Absinthe, A Beautiful Poison, The Impossible Girl, and The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding. She is the co-author of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, an NPR Science Friday Best Science Book of 2017, as well as Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases. She lives with her three kids, physician husband, and two very codependent dogs, one of which looks uncannily like an Ewok.

Josh Kristianto joined the KETV News Team in October 2021. He comes to Omaha from his hometown Salinas/Monterey Bay, California, where he was a weekend anchor, reporter, producer and editor at the CBS affiliate KION Newschannel 546. His first television reporter job started back in August 2015 in Bozeman, Montana, where he worked for the station group NBC Montana. He graduated from BIOLA University in Southern California with a degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in biblical/theological studies. When he’s off, Josh loves to read novels and religious books, watch movies and sports, game online and travel everywhere. He is a first-generation American, but continues to be inspired by his Indonesian heritage.

Lydia Kang & Josh Kristianto present "Star Wars: Cataclysm"