Long-standing foes must put aside their ancient grudges and
deep-seated distrust to uncover and defeat a threat to the galaxy before
it can escape its isolation--forcing Sith and Jedi to raise their
lightsabers together.
"When I look into you, I see no loyalty. . . . I sense only tangled
allegiances. . . . Given a choice, I would never trust you."
From across the galaxy they've come: agents of both the Republic and the
Sith Empire, an investigating Jedi Padawan, an ex-trooper drummed out of
the Republic's elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian.
An extraordinary auction has drawn them all together--in quest of a
prize only one can claim. Each is prepared to do what he must to possess
the treasure, whose value may be the wealth of a world itself. No one
intends to leave empty-handed. All have secrets, desires, and schemes.
And nothing could ever unite them as allies--except the truth about the
deadly danger of the object they covet.
But can Sith and Jedi, Republic and Empire--enemies for millennia--join
as one against the certain doom of the galaxy?