Thrawn confronts Jixtus in the final entry in the Thrawn: Ascendancy trilogy. Can Thrawn defeat his adversary before the Chiss devolve into civil war?

In this fully armed and operational episode, we discuss:

• How this book compares to the previous two entries (Chaos Rising and Greater Good) in the trilogy,
• The description of combat in this novel,
• The secrets Thalia discovers related to the sky-walkers,
• Thrawn’s relationship with his cousin, Thrass, in the “Memory” chapters,
• How Thrawn and Thrass helped retrieved the Starflash weapon,
• Jixtus’s allies, the Kilji, and other aliens that appeared,
• Thrawn’s final confrontation with Jixtus over Sunrise,
• The conclusion of the book and how characters like Ar’arlani reacted to it.

If you enjoyed our discussion of Lesser Evil, check out our discussion of Greater Good in episode 267  and Chaos Rising in episode 159.

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