The Rise of the Empire is a bind-up compilation from Del Rey. The title is a reprint of A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller and Tarkin by James Luceno, but includes three new short stories, Bottleneck, Mercy Mission and The Levers of Power, that are intended to connect the two stories and provide further insight into the power of the Galactic Empire. The title was published on October 6, 2015. The short story written by Jason Fry features the character Rae Sloane.