Dark Days II: Periapsis

Dark Days II: Periapsis

Author:	Astrid Meadows
Series:	Dark Days
Length:	TBD
Source:	AO3
Publication Date:	2025
Timeline Placement:	1998 BBY

Preceding:	Following:
Dark Days I: Zenith by Astrid Meadows	Dark Days III: Horizon by Astrid Meadows

Dark Days II: Periapsis is the second novel in the Dark Days pentalogy by Astrid Meadows.

Back Cover

Darth Cinder must wrangle the remnants of her master's Sith Order while battling her own inner demons. The chill winds of Rhen Var cut deep; distrust cuts deeper. Can Cinder, in her first test as Dark Lady of the Sith, ensure her followers make it off Rhen Var alive? Or will Sith instinct prevail?

Meanwhile, on the smuggler's moon of Nar Shaddaa, the wayward scoundrel Lynora Feldt entertains an interesting proposition at the behest of a former Assassin's Guild agent. How hard could stealing from the Hutt Cartel be, anyway?

Appearances

Viewpoint characters

• Darth Cinder
• Darth Fell
• Darth Bestia
• Lynora Feldt
• Marcus Kregg
• Xira Morr
• Jariah Teale
• Rayven Skol

Other characters

• Darth Phobos
• Cronos
• Arachne (Mentioned only)
• Hakagram Graush
• Ajunta Pall
• XoXaan (Mentioned only)
• Sorzus Syn (Mentioned only)
• Remulus Dreypa (Mentioned only)
• Karness Muur (Mentioned only)
• Darth Hopel
• Darth Ruin
• Durgulla the Fat (Mentioned only)
• Urga Masidii the Elder
• Urga Masidii the Younger (Mentioned only)
• Ildrysi Kar'kai Lumpayah
• Keelos Umazi Kor
• Shirach Jesaari Digh (as "Jesaari")
• Othulla Umazi Zijk
• Midge
• Bes
• Shana
• Ooba Vyr (Mentioned only)
• Waduuba (Mentioned only)
• Mandalore the Unassailable (Mentioned only)
• Skid (Mentioned only)
• Marsh Crayn
• Axos Pavan
• Varsh Myrm
• Karlo Norith
• Eddward Yaris
• Regina Orbus (Mentioned only)
• Quixis Loram (Mentioned only)
• Marlowe and Marlowe (Mentioned only)
• Q'as Patir (Mentioned only)
• HK-47
• Thalbart Norith (Mentioned only)
• Cessily Norith (Mentioned only)
• Slaangus (Mentioned only)
• Xaria (Mentioned only)
• Unidentified Toydarian majordomo (Mentioned only)
• Darth Kaos (Mentioned only)
• Leide Pall
• Ro Kesh (Mentioned only)
• Zaya Bellata (Mentioned only) (as "Zaya")
• Hesh
• Ootono'nemura (Mentioned only)
• Ootwyla'nemura (Mentioned only) (as "Twyla")
• Eradicus (Mentioned only)
• Dark Underlord (implied)
• Sivu Horace (Mentioned only)
• Sneed
• Tseto Morr (Mentioned only)
• Unidentified Sephi concubine (Mentioned only)
• Talos Crix (Mentioned only) (as "The Chancellor")
• Revan (Mentioned only)
• Darth Malak (Mentioned only)
• Vitiate (Mentioned only)
• Darth Nox (Mentioned only)
• Darth Malgus (Mentioned only)
• Darth Nihilus (Mentioned only) (as "The Lord of Hunger")
• Darth Sion (Mentioned only) (as "The Lord of Pain")
• Darth Traya (Mentioned only) (as "The Lord of Betrayal")
• Macam

Development

Dark Days II began as an attempt by Meadows to create a "coda" for Dark Days I: Zenith. The series had been conceived as a trilogy; as plot threads and characters developed during the writing of Zenith, Meadows determined that two additional stories were needed to fill storytelling gaps between Zenith and Dark Days III: Horizon and, likewise, between Horizon and Nadir.

The story was titled Perihelion for the majority of its development. Upon feedback from alpha and beta readers, the title was adjusted to use the more neutral suffix -apsis, as -helion refers explicitly to the star Sol in the real-world Milky Way galaxy.