In the blockbuster bestselling tradition of <i>Heir to the Empire</i> comes this thrilling addition to the <i>Star Wars</i>(r) saga, as peace gives way to a new threat...<br><br>It is a time of tranquillity for the New Republic.&#160;&#160;The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, and the reemergence of the Jedi Knights has brought power and prestige to the fledgling government on Coruscant.&#160;&#160;Yesterday's Rebels have become today's administrators and diplomats, and the factions that fought against imperial tyranny seem united in savoring the fruits of peace.<br><br>But the peace is short-lived.&#160;&#160;A restless Luke must journey to his mother's homeworld in a desperate and dangerous quest to find her people.&#160;&#160;An adventurous Lando must seize a mysterious spacecraft that has weapons of enormous destructive power and an unknown mission.&#160;&#160;And Leia, a living symbol of the New Republic's triumph, must face down a ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war that could shatter the fragile unity of the New Republic...and threaten its very survival.