Forty years after the Battle of Yavin a dangerous new era in the Star Warsepic begins-the revelations are shocking, the stakes desperate, and theenemy everywhere. As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and LeiaSolo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellianinsurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels'plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally-which rests upon Hapan noblesmurdering their pro-Alliance queen and her daughter. Yet the Solos' selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel theinescapable consequences of their actions, that will pit mother against sonand brother against sister in the battles ahead. For as Jacen Solo's darkpowers grow stronger under the Dark Jedi Lumiya, and his influence overBen Skywalker becomes more insidious, Luke's concern for his nephew forceshim into a life-and-death struggle against his fiercest foe, and Han andLeia Solo find themselves at the mercy of their deadliest enemy . . .their son.