**In this essential Star Wars Legends novel, the second in the Darth
Bane trilogy, the fearsome Sith lord takes on a deadly new apprentice.
**
Darth Bane's twisted genius made him a natural leader among the
Sith-until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him
to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the
last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the
Rule of Two.
Two there should be; no more, no less.
One to embody the power, the other to crave it.
Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action and thinks he has
found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to
train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah
possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With
his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi
and dominate the galaxy.