The third of three related novels starring Jedi Jax Pavan droid I-5YQ & journalist Den Dhur during the time directly after the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith". Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who survived the slaughter of Order 66. Now he ekes out a living as a private investigator in the bowels of Coruscant trying to help people in need while avoiding revealing himself as a Jedi to those who are still ready to kill any Jedi who remain alive
- & especially Darth Vader."
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Thousands of years before the Legacy of the Force" series two Sith ships were sabotaged resulting in the crash of one on a distant isolated planet & the loss of the other in a hyperspace anomaly. The survivors of the crashed ship evolved into the Lost Tribe of Sith introduced in our new " Fate of the Jedi" series. But the other ship was lost in a kind of time warp finally exiting hyperspace far far in the future
- the time of the " Legacy of the Force" series a very different galaxy from the one they left behind in what seems to be almost no time at all. Now Jedi Knight Jaden Korr
- who will be introduced as a new " Star Wars" character in " Fate of the Jedi: Abyss"
- must find a way to prevent these time-traveling Sith from asserting their horrific ambitions over a galaxy already reeling from the depredations of the control-hungry Jacen Solo."


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Focusing on Darth Vader the newly created Sith Lord & epitome of evil this exciting original Star Wars" novel builds on the events of the movie " Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" to chronicle Vaders coming into power! The newly created Darth Vader flexes his Force-muscle as the Emperors enforcer to maintain order & obedience in a galaxy reeling from civil war & the destruction of the Jedi Order." ...

This is the first ever Star Wars" novel featuring Yoda the most famous Jedi Master of all time! Never before has Yoda the most famous Jedi Master ever starred in his own " Star Wars" novel. Now at long last he gets the spotlight against the backdrop of the Clone Wars & the collapse of the Republic
- the Jedis greatest challenge & as of the movie premiering in May 2005 their ultimate downfall! Author Bio: Sean Steward is the acclaimed author of the " New York Times" " Notable Book Mockingbird" " The Night Watch" " Clouds End" the " New York Times" " Notable Book Resurrection Man" the Aurora Award-winner " Nobodys Son" & the Aurora & Arthur Ellis Award-winning debut " Passion Play"."
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Twenty-one years after the destruction of Darth Vader & the Emperor the Star Wars galaxy has been hit by a threat more deadly than anything that has gone before. In VECTOR PRIME aliens invaded from outside the galaxy & were routed...at great cost to our heroes. Now in a climate of mistrust
- especially of the Jedi
- Leia cannot convince the New Republic that the threat may not be over even as the next wave of alien warships are entering the galaxy... It is up to Leia Luke the Solo kids
- Jedi Knights all
- & the few who believe to defend the Outer Rim planets from invasion!



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Thousands of years before the rise of Darth Sidious & Darth Vader the Old Republic was rife with the evil Sith who were a constant thorn in the side of the Jedi. But greed & hunger for power were eating away at the Sith Order destroying it from within. In the midst of this rose a new Sith Darth Bane who recognized that the Sith Order would fall if nothing was done. Thus it was he who learning to cultivate patience & cunning hid from the strife until it was over & then rose to become the most powerful Sith Lord ever. This is the story of the transformation of Des a young miner into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Bane. Des
- like many of the disenfranchised who live on the Outer Rim
- is disillusioned with the stagnancy of the Old Republic. When the Sith unite to bring the Republic down Des is one of many to join their cause. His heroism & skill in battle
- along with his remarkable connection to the Force
- draw the notice of the Sith Masters & Des eventually finds himself studying at the Sith Academy on Korriban. He takes the name of Bane & amidst the deception & back-stabbing of the other students he learns to unlock his latent dark-side talents. As his power grows Bane realizes the Sith have lost their way. Under the leadership of Lord Kaan & his Brotherhood of Darkness the Sith have turned their back on the true nature of the dark side. Through manipulation cunning & strength Bane destroys Kaans Brotherhood & wipes out all the other Sith so he can found a new Order based on the rule of two: one Master one apprentice.



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When the Sith Wars were over the Jedi thought the Sith had been destroyed. But one remained: Darth Bane the most powerful Sith Lord ever. & now in secret he is setting out to build his new Sith Order with which he intends to rule the galaxy with his new apprentice by his side. ...

Darth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires. Losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. & when the time is right he destroys his Master
- but vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power.. .over life & death. Darth Sidious: Plagueis's chosen apprentice. Under the guidance of his Master he secretly studies the ways of the Sith while publicly rising to power in the galactic government first as Senator then as Chancellor & eventually as Emperor. Darth Plagueis & Darth Sidious Master & acolyte target the galaxy for domination
- & the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme & the dream of another to live forever sow the seeds of their destruction?

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When the Imperial prison barge Purge-temporary home to five hundred of the galaxys most ruthless killers rebels scoundrels & thieves-breaks down in a distant uninhabited part of space its only hope appears to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting derelict & seemingly abandoned. But when a boarding party from the Purge is sent to scavenge for parts only half of them come back-bringing with them a horrific disease so lethal that within hours nearly all aboard the Purge die in ways too hideous to imagine. & death is only the beginning. The Purges half-dozen survivors-two teenage brothers a sadistic captain of the guards a couple of rogue smugglers & the chief medical officer the lone woman on board-will do whatever it takes to stay alive. But nothing can prepare them for what lies waiting aboard the Star Destroyer amid its vast creaking emptiness that isnt really empty at all. For the dead are rising: soulless unstoppable & unspeakably hungry. ...

There is a great disturbance in the Force... From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine elected ten years earlier to save the crumbling government. Separatists threaten war & the Senate is hopelessly divided unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace. Anakin Skywalker has come of age in a time of great upheaval. The nineteen-year-old apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi is an enigma to the Jedi Council & a challenge to his Jedi Master. Time has not dulled Anakins ambition nor has his Jedi training tamed his independent streak. When an attempt on Senator Padm- Amidalas life brings them together for the first time in ten years it is clear that time also has not dulled Anakins intense feelings for the beautiful diplomat. The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic even closer to the edge of disaster. Masters Yoda & Mace Windu sense enormous unease. The dark side is growing clouding the Jedis perception of the events. But even as the Republic falters around them Anakin & Padm- find a connection so intense that all else begins to fall away. Anakin will lose himself-and his way-in emotions a Jedi sworn to hold allegiance only to the Order is forbidden to have. ...