01 · Summary
What the book is about
The first book in a trilogy about Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, Saw Gerrera, and the first year of Imperial rule.
IDS catalogs it as Canon and places it in the Reign of the Empire era.
It belongs to the Reign of the Empire Trilogy publishing line.
The book is indexed for Adult readers in the Novel format.
02 · Publication file
Where it sits in Star Wars publishing
Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear was published in 2025 and is cataloged by IDS as a Adult novel in Canon continuity.
Its connection to Reign of the Empire Trilogy makes it part of a larger reading path rather than an isolated title.
03 · People
Major characters
The character list below comes from the IDS book record and is intended as a reading guide rather than a complete cast list.
04 · Places
Major locations and spatial context
Locations are indexed when the existing book record clearly identifies them. IDS connects book geography back to the wider archive so readers can move from a story to the worlds and social settings that shape it.
No places have been indexed for this title yet.
05 · Institutions
Organizations, traditions, and political systems
These links identify institutions or traditions that are clearly implicated by the current title, era, series, or summary. They are guides into the wider archive, not claims that each organization is equally central to every chapter.
06 · IDS lens
What this book can reveal
This book is especially useful for reading bureaucracy, coercion, collaboration, military power, and the everyday reach of authoritarian institutions.
The purpose of this lens is not to score the novel. It identifies social questions that the story makes easier to study and connects the book to the wider IDS archive.
07 · Source record
Publication and research sources
IDS separates publisher and continuity metadata from its own summaries and analysis. Cover art is resolved from public book-metadata services when a reliable edition match is available; the text of the cover is not treated as evidence for story claims.
Mentioned in this file