Dark Apprentice

As the New Republic takes devastating losses in??the ongoingwar with the scattered remnants of the??Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small??children -- among them the Jedi twins -- born to??incredible powers and perils, as an extraordinary??new saga unfolds...

While the New??Republic struggles to decide what to do with the deadly??Sun Crusher -- a new doomsday weapon stolen from??the Empire by Han Solo -- the renegade Imperial??Admiral Daala uses her fleet of Star Destroyers to??conduct guerrilla warfare on peaceful planets.??And now she threatens the watery homeworld of??Admiral Ackbar. But as the battle for a planet rages,??an even greater danger emerges at Luke??Skywalker's Jedi academy. A brilliant student delves??dangerously into the dark side of the Force and??unleashes the spirit of an ancient master of the evil??order that warped Darth Vader himself. Working??together, they may become an enemy greater than the??New Republic has ever fought... more powerful than??even a Jedi Master can face.

Kevin J. Anderson has written many bestsellers and has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader’s Choice Award. He also holds the Guinness World Record for largest single-author signing.