NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian
return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The
Force Awakens.
The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the
tattered remnants of Palpatine's forces have fled to the farthest
reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger
and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of
peace.
Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side,
foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space,
on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is
undeniable . . . and Luke's worst fears are confirmed when his old
friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace.
After Lando's daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars
for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead
ends and fading hopes--until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a
Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl.
Ochi's true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard
moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred
blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that
have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a
final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith's glorious
rebirth--Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself.
As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and
Lando race into the mystery of the Sith's lingering shadow and aid a
young family running for their lives.
