NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - For the infamous, power-hungry
Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again.
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"Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new
life-forms."--Chicago Sun-Times*
After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first
step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his
scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his
Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his
Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice,
Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down.
But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of
information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of
Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of
Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha
Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood.
Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can
an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of
the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the
galaxy?