The era of the Old Republic is a dark and dangerous time, as Jedi
Knights valiantly battle the Sith Lords and their ruthless armies. But
the Sith have disturbing plans--and none more so than the fulfillment of
Darth Scabrous's fanatical dream, which is about to become nightmarish
reality.
Unlike those other Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps--young Jedi
whose abilities have not proved up to snuff--Hestizo Trace possesses one
extraordinary Force talent: a gift with plants. Suddenly her quiet
existence among greenhouse and garden specimens is violently destroyed
by the arrival of an emissary from Darth Scabrous. For the rare black
orchid that she has nurtured and bonded with is the final ingredient in
an ancient Sith formula that promises to grant Darth Scabrous his
greatest desire.
But at the heart of the formula is a never-before-seen virus that's
worse than fatal--it doesn't just kill, it transforms. Now the rotting,
ravenous dead are rising, driven by a bloodthirsty hunger for all things
living--and commanded by a Sith Master with an insatiable lust for power
and the ultimate prize: immortality . . . no matter the cost.
Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on
the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from
some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!