Star Wars Horror Book?

According to the official Star Wars web site, Del Rey is set to publish a horror novel based in the Star Wars universe. Details are sketchy at this time. The official site had this to say:

This Halloween, Star Wars publishing goes someplace very new and very scary, with the release of the first Star Wars horror novel, Deathtroopers, by Joe Schreiber. The text for the back cover is still to come, but this front cover art by Indika is so creepy, we just couldn't wait to share it with you.

Um, OK. I'd like to know if this serves as canon or not. But the cover is sweet and definitely piques my interest. Gee, I wonder why?


Is that a decapitated head still in the helmet? WOW.