First published 2010
Tassaa Bareesh commands attention across the galaxy when the Hutt matriarch announces her auction. Representatives from the Republic and Sith Empire arrive on her world, but none plan to bid. A Jedi Padawan investigates while wrestling with self-doubt about doing what's right. A disgraced trooper, kicked out of the Republic's elite Blackstar Squad, seeks to restore her honor. A Mandalorian with hidden motives stays one step ahead of everyone else. The Republic's envoy conceals his true identity. The Empire sends a merciless Sith apprentice. All converge on the same prize locked in an unbreachable vault: fragments from a destroyed star cruiser that may unlock the riches of an entire planet. When the truth about this treasure emerges, it threatens not just individual ambitions but the galaxy itself. Ancient enemies must abandon millennia of conflict to face a danger that could annihilate everything they know.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, space-opera, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: ancient-enemies, found-family
Setting: Hutt World
Period: Ancient Times
417 pages · Hardcover · Del Rey