Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic will face an even darker enemy....

More than two decades after the heoes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and broke the power of the Emperor, the New Republic has struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy.  But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the Republic's tenuous reign.

Into this volatile atmosphere comes Nom Anor, a charismatic firebrand who beats passions to the boiling point, sowing seeds of dissent for his own dark motives.  And as the Jedi and the Republic focus on internal struggles, a new threat surfaces from beyong the farthest reaches of the Outer Rim - an enemy bearing weapons and technology unlike anything New Republic scientists have ever seen.

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 dides for.  But this time, the power of the Force itself may not be enough....

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With unsurprising action and imagination, New York Times bestselling Author Machael A. Stackpole continues The New Jedi Order with DARK TIDE I: ONSLAUGHT, testing the heroes pf the past along with the next generation of Jedi against fearsome enemies from beyond the galactic rim...

It is a perilous time for the New Republic.  Just when unity is needed most, mistrust is on the rise.  Even the Jedi feel the strain, as rogue elements rebel against Luke Skywalker's leadership.  When alien invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong strike without warning, the New Republic is thrown on the defensive.

Luke must weild all the awesome powers of a Jedi Master to defeat the gravest threat since Senator Palpatine.  A Leia Organa Solo and Gavin Darklighter lead desperate refugees in a fighting retreat from Yuuzhan Vong forces, Mara Jade Skywalker, Jedi apprentices Jacen and Anakin Solo, and Jedi Knight Corran Horn find themselves tested as never before by a faceless, implacable foe determined to smother the light of the New Republic forever beneath a shroud of darkest evil...

New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole continues the New Jedi Order epic with DARK TIME II: RUIN, a thrilling Star Wars adventure in which the Jedi Knights must fight their most trecherous battle - against an unrelenting evil intent on devouring the galaxy...

The alien Yuuzhan Vong have launched an attack on the worlds of the Outer Rim.  They are merciless, without regard for life - and they stand utterly outside the Force.  Their ever-changing tactics stump the New Republic military.  Even the Jedi, once the greatest guardians of peace in the galaxy, are rendered helpless by this imprevious foe - and their solidarity has begun to unravel.

While Luke struggles to keep the Jedi together, Knights Jacen Solo and Corran Horn set off on a reconnaissance mission to the planet Garqi, an occupied world.  There, at last, they uncover a secret that might be used to undermine the enemy - if only they can stay alive long enough to use it!

Merciless attacks by an invincible alien force have left the New Republic reeling.  Dozens of worlds have succumbed to occupation or annihilation, and even the Jedi Knights have tasted defeat.  In these darkest times, the noble Chewbacca is laid to rest, having died as heroically as he lived - and a grief-stricken Han Solo is left to fit the pieces of his shattered life back together before he loses everything: friends, family, and faith.

Refusing help from Leia or Luke, Han becomes the loner he once was, seeking to escape the pain of his partner's death in adventure... and in revenge.  When he learns that on old friend from his smuggling days in operating as a mercinary for the enemy, he sets out to expose the traitor.  But Han's investigation uncovers an even greater evil: a sinister conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the New Repiblic's will and ability to fight - the Jedi.

Now Han must face down the inner demons and, with the help of a new and unexpected ally, honor Chewbacca's sacrifice the only way that matters - by being worthy of it.

A string of smashing victories by the forces of the sinister aliens known as the Yuuzhan Vong has left New Republic resources and morale stretched to the breaking point.  Leia Organa Solo, estranged from her husband, Han, oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the path of the merciess invaders.  Luke Skywalker struggles to hold the fractious Jedi Knights together, even while one of them undertakes a bold but reckless undercover mission.

Manipulating their alliance with the amoral Hutts, the Yuuzhan Vong leave a cunning trail of vital information where New Republic agents are sure to find it - information the deperate defenders cannot afford to ignore: the location of the aliens' next target.

Then Han Solo stumbles into the dark heart of a raging battle, thus beginning a furious race against time that will require every skill and trick in his arsenal to win…

In the aftermath of one tragedy, will a young Jedi's search for redemption lead to yet another?

There is no place else to channel the flood of refugees fleeing the murderous Yuuzhan Vong but the overcrowded planet Duro, poisoned by centuries of technological excess.  Fortunately a deal is struck: In exchange for a new home, the refugees will work to restore the planet to health, under the watchful eye of Leia Organa Solo.

While tempers flare between Duros and the New Republic, Han Solo, his son, Jacen, and the Ryn called Droma arrive to keep the peace.  They are unaware that Leia is on Duro... and that Luke, Mara, and Anakin are on their way, searching for a missing Jedi apprentice.  And none realize that the Yuuzhan Vong have chosen this embattled planet as the next target in their brutal coreward thrust.

Now, as the fragile stability on Duro threatens to collapse into violence, Jacen Solo must face his greatest dilemma: At what point does the use of power become aggression?  Whatever he decides, his next step could tip the galaxy's destiny toward the light or toward darkness - with the life of someone he loves hanging in the balance…

As the forces of darkness threaten to engulf the galaxy, one last defiant spark remains.... Though the Yuuzhan Vong were victorious in their savage conquest of the planet Duro, they failed to extract sensitive information from Leia Organa Solo, who now barely clings to life after enduring the enemies' torture. Unless she receives medical attention soon, the badly wounded Princess and former head of the New Republic will surely die. Pursued by bounty hunters, Han Solo begins a race against time, only to find his urgent pleas for help rejected by planet after planet, as the Jedi are blamed for the continuing fight against the seemingly invincible aliens. Desperate, the Solos decide on a suicide mission. They must reach Coruscant, the New Republic's strife-ridden capital where traitors, appeasers, and assassins now share the same goal as the fierce Yuuzhan Vong: kill all Jedi...

The dazzling Star Wars space adventure The New Jedi Order continues as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph...

No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi.  Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger - and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4.  Already, the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system - and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind.

At Luke Skywalker's request, Talone Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students.  Anakin Solo has his own ideas.  Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing.

When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, Anakin has few peers.  But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be over his head.  For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends...

The Star Wars epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order - as Luke and Mara, Leia and Han, and others battle the mighty enemy from beyond the galactic rim.

The brutal Yuuzhan Vong are scouring the universe for Jedi to slaughter.  With no help from the divided New Republic, the Jedi stand alone against their seemingly invincible foe.  Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo risk deadly consequences with their controversial tactics to bolster the Jedi resistance.  After uncovering a new Yuuzhan Vong menace, Anakin and Tahiri find themselves wanted for murder by the Peace Brigade.  To avoid capture, they jump into hyperspace... and into trouble far graver.

Hunted by the Yuuzhan Vong, wanted as criminals by the New Republic, and with unrest stirring within their own ranks, the Jedi find peril everywhere they turn.  But even in the midst of despair, while the most fiercest battle of all looms on the horizon, hope arises with the birth of one very special child....

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The New York Times bestselling Star Wars series The New Jedi Order enthralls with its spic drama and thrilling adventure.  Now readers will pierce the very heart of darkness...

It is a solumn time for the New Republic, as the merciless Yuuzhan Vong continue their campaign of destruction.  The brutal enemy has unleashed a savage creature capable of finding - and killing - Jedi Knights.  Now Leia Organa Solo faces a terrible ultimatum.  If the location of the secret Jedi base is not revealed within one week, the Yuuzhan Vong will blast millions of refugee ships into oblivion.

As the battered but still unbroken Jedi scramble to deal with the newest onslaught, Leia's son Anakin lays out a daring plan.  He will lead a Jedi strike force into the heart of enemy territory in order to sabotage the Yuuzhan Vong's deadliest weapons.  There, with his brother and sister at his side, he will come face-to-face with his destiny - as the New REpublic, still fighting the good fight, will come face-to-fave with theirs...

The New Jedi Order continues as Jaina Solo struggles with anger and despair after the Jedi Knights' harrowing adventure behind enemy lines.

Though the Jedi strike force completed its deadly mission into Yuuzhan Vong territory, the price of success was tragedy: not everyone made it out alive.  In a daring getaway, hotshot pilot Jaina Solo stole an enemy ship, taking along her fellow survivors - and leaving behind a huge piece of her heart.

With the enemy in hot pursuit, Jaina is forced to seek haven in the unprotected, unfriendly Hapes Cluster, where the Jedi are held responsible for a past tragedy - and where the royal family has grim plans for their famous Jedi guest.  Even more sinister are the intentions of the Yuuzhan Vong, desperate to capture Jaina for a hideous sacrifice.

Grief-stricken and obsessed with revenge, Jaina is blind to these threats - and to the overpowering evil dangerously close to consuming her.  In the coming conflagration, Jaina will be fighting not for victory or vengeance, but for her very being....

As the Yuuzhan Vong's devastating conquests continue unchecked, Luke Skywalker, Han and Leia Solo, and Wedge Antilles are forces to destroy what they have risked their lives to create...

Scattering after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of Coruscant, the panic-stricken members of the New Republic Advisory Coucil pause just long enough to set up a mock defense on nearby Borleias - an attempt to buy some time that fools no one, least of all the Jedi.

Leia and Han Solo travel from world to world to foment rebellion against the New Republic's disastrous appeasement policies.  But Luke Skywalker has chosen the most dangerous assignment of all: to sneak into the Yuuzhan Vong's stronghold on Coruscant.  His outrageous scheme to gain entry is either brilliant or suicidal, depending on the outcome.  Bearing down swifty on Borleias is a Yuuzhan Vong invasion fleet, determined to destroy the galaxy's remaining defenders....

Not since Emperor Palpatine have the Jedi battled such monstrous evil.  Unless they succeed against staggering odds, the galaxy is doomed.

Luke Skywalker's daring mission to halt the Yuuzhan Vong's nefarious plot to overthrow the New Republic is struggling on all fronts.  And time is slipping away for Han and Leia Organa Solo, trapped on a small planet whose rulers are about to yeild to Yuuzhan Vong pressure to give up the Jedi rebels.

On coruscant, Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker have made a shocking discovery that is preventing the Yuuzhan Vong from exerting complete control.  But when the enemy tracks them down, Luke and Mara are thrust into a fierce battle for their lives.  Suddenly, the chances of escaping appear nearly impossible.  And in space, another battle rages, one that hold ominous consequences for the New Republic - and for the Jedi itself....

From the depths of catastrophe, a glimmer of hope

After the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong.  Still, that crushing defeat produces one small miracle: Jacen Solo is alive.  Yet he can scarcely imagine himself in stranger circumstances.

The young Jedi Knight is in the care of Vergere, a fascinating creature of mystery and power, her intentions hard to fathom, her cruelties rarely concealed.  But this master of inscrutable arts has much to teach the young Jedi... for she holds the key to a new way to experience the Force, to take it to another level - dangerous, dazzling, perhaps deadly.

In the wrong hands, the tremendous energies of the Force can be devastating.  And there are others watching Jacen's progress closely, waiting patiently for the moment when he will be ready for their own dire purposes.  Now, all is in shadows.  Yet whatever happens, whether Jacen's newfound mastery unleashes light or darkness, he will never be the same Jedi again....

The time of reckoning is close at hand, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy - from without and within....

In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the galaxy on the verge of bowing to conquest.  Those who steadfastly refuse to consider surrender - Luke, Han, Leia, and their children and comrades-in-arms - are determined to seize victory against overwhelming odds.  But the New Republic is crumbling, divided my internal strife, and intrigue runs rampant: in the heated political race for Chief of State... in the shadows where Yuuzhan Vong spies plot assassinations... and in the inscrutable creature Vergere, a Jedi whose allegiance is impossible to predict.

Now, as Luke Skywalker sets about reestablishing the Jedi Council, the growing faction opposed to the ways of the Force unveils a terrifying weapon designed to annihilate the Yuuzhan Vong species.  The opposition must be stopped, before dooming the New Republic to becoming the very thing it has sworn to fight against - and unleashing the power of the dark side.

As the bloodied and weary galaxy faces battle once more, the Jedi take on the formidable task of bringing the last of the Empire into the light....

From the ashes of the New Republic - torn to shreds by the savage Yuuzhan Vong forces - the newly formed Galactic Alliance has risen, determined to bring peace to the entire galaxy.  But first the Yuuzhan Vong must be contained once and for all.  And so Luke Skywalker seeks a world long lost to legend: Zonama Sekot, a sentient planet believed to have repelled an invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong decades ago.  Deciphering the enigmatic secrets of Zonama Sekot just might turn the tide of this relentless war.

Aboard the Jade Shadow, Luke, his wife Mara, Jacen Solo, and other Jedi head off into the Unknown Regions, where rumors and clues suggest Zonama Sekot might be found.  Yet the mission has barely begun when the searchers stuble into a horrific battle.  The Imperial Remnant, in retreat from the mighty Yuuzhan Vong, is about to be destroyed.  It would seem those aboard the Jade Shadow have little choice but to leave the Empire to its fate.  But these are no ordinary space travelors, they are Jedi....

Swift and deadly, the Yuuzhan Vong have blasted their way across the galaxy - and now stand on the threshold of total victory.  Yet a courageous few still dare to oppose them....

Rife with hostile cultures and outright enemies, the Unknown Regions hold many perils for Luke Skywalker and the Jedi searching for Zonama Sekot, the living planet that may hold the key to dealing with the Yuuzhan Vong once and for all.

Meanwhile, on the edge of the galaxy and in the heart of a trusted ally, an old enemies are stirring.  The Yuuzhan Vong have inflamed long-forgotten vendettas that are even now building up to a crisis point.  And as Han and Leia journey on their quest to knit the unraveling galaxy back together, betrayal and deception await them....

The Jedi move one step closer to saving the embattled galaxy - only to confront a formidable wall of resistance....

The harrowing search for Zonama Sekot is finally over for Luke Skywalker, Jacen Solo, and the others aboard the Jade Shadow.  But joy turns to alarm when the living planet sends a defiant message: it refuses to follow them back to a galaxy full of war, exploitation, and misery.

While Luke works feverishly to persuade the elusive planet to reconsider, the Yuuzhan Vong launch a full-scale attack aimed at the heart of the new alliance.  Sent to defend a major communications base, Han and Leia find themselves hopelessly outnumbered.  Reinforcements are just too far away to help before everything is destroyed.  So the courageous pair must now fight an unrelenting battle against staggering odds.  Whether they actually survive is another matter....

As a beleaguered galaxy fights its way back from the brink of destruction, the Jedis' most fearsome enemy plots to end the war - and claim victory - with a final act of domination....

The troubles for the embattled living planet Zonama Sekot have just begun.  As Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo negotiate its place in the galactic struggle against the Yuuzhan Vong, one of its organic ships it taken by the alien invaders.  Scientist Nen Yim is ordered to use the captive to find weak spots in Zonama Sekot's technology.  But what Nen Yim discovers about the planet and its mysteries shocks her to the core.  Clearly her people have gone terribly astray.  For the peace-loving planet harbors not only the key to its own destruction, but the long-forgotten secrets of the Yuuzhan Vong themselves.

Meanwhile, General Wedge Antilles, commanding one fleet in a three-pronged campaign to retake the Bilbringi system, is suddenly stranded deep in Yuuzhan Vong space, cut off from all contact.  Wedge and his ships must rely on trickery and brilliant battle tactics if they are to survive long enough to ensure the success of one of the deadliest and most crucial missions the Galactic Alliance forces have ever undertaken....

In the spectacular finale of the New Jedi Order series, Luke, Han, and Leia rally for their last stand against the enemy that threatens not only the galaxy but the Force itself.

Includes a bonus interview on the creation of The New Jedi Order!

The Galactic Alliance's hard-won success in countering the Yuushan Vong onslaught has proven all too brief - and the tide has turned once more to the invaders' advantage.  The marauding aliens have pushed deeper into the galaxy in their ruthless quest for domination.  The remnants of the resistance are struggling to form a united front.  Clearly the stage is set for endgame.

Now, as Luke and his team try desperately to convince the living world of Zonama Sekot to join the Jedi's final campaign against the Yuuzhan Vong, a lone space station is all that stands in between Alliance headquarters and ferocious enemy forces, which are poised to wage their most decisive assault.  For both sides, too much has been sacrificed - and too much is at stake - to ever turn back.  And now nothing can stand in the way of seizing victory... or facing annihilation.