USA Today has exclusively revealed that John Jackson Miller's Lost Tribe of the Sith e-book novella series will continue - albeit in comic book form. When Del Rey finish off with the publication of Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Series in trade paperback form in late July, comics publisher Dark Horse Comics will take over with the first issue of Star Wars: The Lost Tribe of the Sith - due for release on August 8th.

The Lost Tribe of the Sith will be written by Jackson, author not only the Lost Tribe novella series but also of the Knight Errant and Knights of the Old Republic comic book series, with art by Andrea Mutti.

Publisher Del Rey has announced via their Facebook page two changes to the US release of John Jackson Miller's collected volume of his Lost Tribe of the Sith stories, Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories. The first is that its release date has been pulled forward by one week from July 31st to July 24th.

The second change is to its published format: it is changing from mass market paperback to trade paperback format (the same format size of Karen Miller's The Clone Wars novels). The reason for the second change has been revealed by the book's author John Jackson Miller. Writing on his own blog Jackson says the the book will now feature his "maps of the places known to the Lost Tribe" and "include the continent of Keshtah, where the action occurs in the first eight e-books reprinted in this 432-page volume — and the map of a new, secret place that readers learned about in the eighth short story, Secrets. It's the location for the big new hundred-page plus novella, Pandemonium, appearing anywhere for the first time in this edition." Jackson explains "these are the maps I was working on while writing the books — my fun Tolkien/D&D moment while designing this fantasy world. I'm thrilled readers will be able to follow along — the designer-improved maps are pretty handy!"

e-Book Novella by John Jackson Miller
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Approximately 3,000 years before the Battle of Yavin:
When the Lost Tribe suddenly rediscovers its forgotten origins, frustration and anger threaten to finish the society once and for all. But the past holds more secrets still — knowledge that, in the right hands, could place the evil rulers of Kesh on a path toward a greater destiny in the stars...more
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In Sith teachings, nothing is more important than the individual: the glorious center of the universe, around which all other lives pale in importance. But the planetary home of the Lost Tribe of the Sith is not the center of the universe, but a backwater — and the tribe’s legendary founders were little more than slaves themselves!
When the Lost Tribe suddenly rediscovers its forgotten origins, frustration and anger threaten to finish the society once and for all. But the past holds more secrets still — knowledge that, in the right hands, could place the evil rulers of Kesh on a path toward a greater destiny in the stars...

Lost Tribe of the Sith: Secrets is due to be released as a free download (PDF) from StarWars.com on 5th March and from online retailers.