Karpyshyn, Drew

Dessel, stuck in the mining tunnels of the desolate planet Apatros, dreams of the day he can escape, but when a high-stakes card game ends in violence and Dessel becomes a wanted man, he must find a way to disappear, and joins the ranks of the Sith army in the deadly war against the Republic.

Darth Bane, the last surviving Sith, believes he has found a student worthy of being trained in the ways of the dark side, but his plan for molding the young girl into a weapon to be used against the Jedi is threatened by Jedi Padawan Johun Othone, who vows revenge against the Sith who killed his Jedi Master.

Darth Bane, who searches for a way to ensure the Sith's immortality, waits for his acolyte, Zannah, to engage him in mortal combat to prove herself as his successor; meanwhile, Princess Serra of the Doan royal family hires an assassin to find the Sith soldier who murdered her father and tortured her as a child.

Joined by hot-headed smuggler Teff'ith, with whom Theron Shan has an inexplicable bond, and wise Jedi warrior Gnost-Dural, Darth Karrid's former master, Theron Shan must match wits and weapons with a battle-tested crew of the most cold-blooded dark side disciples. But time is brutally short.

Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient order devoted to the dark side and reinvented it as a circle of two: one Master to wield the power and pass on the wisdom and one apprentice to learn, challenge and ultimately usurp the Dark Lord in a duel to the death. But Bane's acolyte, Zannah, has yet to engage her Master in mortal combat and prove herself a worthy successor. Determined that the sith dream of galactic domination will not die with him, Bane vows to learn the secret of a forgotten Dark Lord that will assure the Sith's immortality--and his own.

As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two. Now he is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. But there is one who is determined to stop Darth Bane: Johun Othone, Padawan to Jedi Master Lord Hoth, who died at Bane's hands in the last great Sith War.--From publisher description.

Revan, a former Jedi whose memories have been erased, believes that he somehow stumbled on a secret that threatens the existence of the Republic and must try to stop it, even though he no longer knows what it is.