Book description
The newly created Darth Vader flexes his Force-muscle as the
Emperor's enforcer to maintain order and obedience in a galaxy reeling
from civil war and the destruction of the Jedi Order.
To the galaxy at large, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker - the Chosen
One - died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to
some extent, the was true - Anakin was dead.
But from the site of Anakin Skywalker's last stand - on the molten
surface of the planet Mustafa, where he sought to destroy his friend
and former master, Obi-Wan Kanobi - a fearsome spectre in black has risen.
Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi order he is not
a disciple of the dark side, a lord of the dreaded Sith, and the
avenging right hand of the galaxy's ruthless new Emperor. Seduced,
deranged and destroyed by the machinations of the Dark Lord Sidious,
Anakin Skywalker is dead ... and Darth Vader lives ...
A Star Wars adventure to chill and thrill Northern Echo JAMES
LUCENO is the New York Times bestselling author of
Star Wars:
Labyrinth of Evil
,
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order The Unifying Force
, and other Star Wars novels. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his
wife and youngest child
