

Plus, like most Star Wars books, the story of the Praetorite Vong’s steps to invading the galaxy is told in the past-tense.

Salvatore uses the third person point of view to make us feel like there’s a narrator that knows the feelings of each character and describes every action of each character. Suddenly, Luke Skywalker his wife, Mara Han Solo Leia Organa Solo and Chewbacca–along with the Solo children–are thrust again into battle, to defend the freedom so many have fought and died for.The writing here is great and R.A. And as the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces from beyond the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim–an enemy bearing weapons and technology unlike anything New Republic scientists have ever seen.

Into this volatile atmosphere comes Nom Anor, a charismatic firebrand who heats passions to the boiling point, sowing seeds of dissent for his own dark motives. But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the Republic?s tenuous reign. Since then, the New Republic has valiantly struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. Twenty-one years have passed since the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, breaking the power of the Emperor. But this time, all their courage, sacrifice, and even the power of the Force itself may not be enough … Suddenly, Luke, Mara, Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca - along with the Solo children - are thrust again into battle, to defend the freedom so many have fought and died for. An enemy appears from outside known space, bearing weapons and technology unlike anything New Republic scientists have ever seen. And so he wrestles with a dilemma: Should he attempt, in this climate of mistrust, to reestablish the legendary Jedi Council?Īs the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces, unnoticed, beyond the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim. Meanwhile, Luke is plagued by reports of rogue Jedi Knights who are taking the law into their own hands. But he proves resistant to Leia’s entreaties - and, far more inexplicably, within the Force, where a being should be, is…a blank space. In an effort to avert a catastrophic civil war, Leia travels with her daughter Jaina, her sister-in-law Mara Jade Skywalker, and the loyal protocol droid C-3PO, to conduct face-to-face diplomatic negotiations with Nom Anor. But unrest has begun to spread tensions erupt in outbreaks of rebellion that, if unchecked, threaten to destroy the Republic’s tenuous reign.

