A new era of exciting adventures and shocking revelations continues to unfold, as the legendary Star Wars saga sweeps forward into astonishing new territory.

Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds - and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart.  Han and Leia return to Han's home-world, Corellia, the heart of the resistance.  Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance's campaign to crush the insurgents.

Jacen, now a complete master of the Force, has his own plans to bring order to the galaxy.  Guided by his Sith mentor, Lumiya, and with Luke's young son Ben at his side, Jacen embarks on the same path that his grandfather Darth Vader once did.  And while Han and Leia watch their only son become a stranger, a secret assassin entangles the couple with a dreaded name from Han's past: Boba Fett.  In the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem....

During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers, no one – not even the Solos and the Skywalkers – knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.

Jacen Solo’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous. Meanwhile, Ben Skywalker, still haunted by suspicions that Jacen killed his mother, Mara, decides he must know the truth, even if it costs him his life. And as Luke Skywalker contemplates once unthinkable strategies to dethrone his nephew, the hour of reckoning for those on both sides draws near. The galaxy becomes a battlefield where all must face their true nature and darkest secrets, and live – or die – with the consequences.

Also includes the novella "Star Wars: Boba Fett: A Practical Man"



To bring peace and order to a galaxy at war, Jacen Solo will sacrifice anything - or anyone.  Now the moment of choice is at hand.



Suspected of treason, Han and Leia Solo are on the run, hunted by none other than their own son, Jacen.  But though his family sees in Jacen the chilling legacy of his Sith grandfather, Darth Vader, many of the frontline troops adore him, and countess citizens see him as a savior in a galaxy torn apart by too many wars.  All Jacen wants is safety and stability for all - and he's prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal... even if it mean embracing the teachings of Lumiya, the Dark Lady of the Sith.  But there is one final test that Jacen must pass before he can gain the awesome power of a true Sith Lord: He must bring about the death of someone he values dearly.  What troubles Jacen isn't whether he has the strength to commit murder, but who the sacrifice should be.