A string of smashing victories by the forces of the sinister aliens
known as the Yuuzhan Vong has left New Republic resources and morale
stretched to the breaking point. Leia Organa Solo, estranged from her
husband, Han, oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the path
of the merciless invaders. Luke Skywalker struggles to hold the
fractious Jedi Knights together, even while one of them undertakes a
bold but reckless undercover mission.
Manipulating their alliance with the amoral Hutts, the Yuuzhan Vong
leave a cunning trail of vital information where New Republic agents are
sure to find it--information the desperate defenders cannot afford to
ignore: the location of the aliens' next target.
Then Han Solo stumbles into the dark heart of raging battle, thus
beginning a furious race against time that will require every skill and
trick in his arsenal to win...