A string of smashing victories with the forces from the sinister aliens referred to as the Yuuzhan Vong has left New Republic resources and morale stretched towards the breaking point. Leia Organa Solo, estranged from her husband, Han, oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the road of the merciless invaders. Luke Skywalker struggles to carry the fractious Jedi Knights collectively, even while one of these undertakes a vibrant but reckless undercover mission.

Manipulating their alliance using the amoral Hutts, the Yuuzhan Vong keep a cunning trail of vital information where New Republic agents are sure to discover it–information the desperate defenders cannot afford to disregard: the location from the aliens’ next focus on.

After that Han Solo stumbles in to the dark heart of raging battle, thus beginning a furious race against time that will require every skill and trick in his arsenal to win…