Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (November 2006)

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Forty years after the Battle of Yavin, a dangerous new era in the Star Wars® epic begins–the revelations are shocking, the stakes desperate, the enemy everywhere.

As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and Leia Solo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellian insurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels’ plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally–which rests upon Hapan nobles murdering their pro-Alliance queen and her daughter. Yet the Solos’ selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel the inescapable consequences of their actions that will pit mother against son and brother against sister in the battles ahead. For as Jacen Solo’s dark powers grow stronger under the Dark Jedi Lumiya, and his influence over Ben Skywalker becomes more insidious, Luke’s concern for his nephew forces him into a life-and-death struggle against his fiercest foe, and Han and Leia Solo find themselves at the mercy of their deadliest enemy . . . their son.

About the Author: Troy Denning is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Star Wars, The New Jedi Order, Star by Star and Waterdeep (under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson) as well as nineteen other novels, including Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, and The Summoning. He lives in southern Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.

About the Performer: Marc Thompson's voice can be heard in commercials, on radio, and on many cartoons including MTV's Dania, Viva Piñata, Teenage Mutant Ninia Turtles, Yu-gi-oh, and G. I. Joe Sigma Six. His theater credits include Talk Radio and The Ives Six Pack.