As a beleaguered galaxy fights its way back from the brink of destruction, the Jedi s most fearsome enemy plots to end the war and claim victory with a final act of domination. . . .
The troubles for the embattled living planet Zonama Sekot have just begun. As Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo negotiate its place in the galactic struggle against the Yuuzhan Vong, one of its organic ships is taken by the alien invaders. Scientist Nen Yim is ordered to use the captive to find weak spots in Zonama Sekot s technology. But what Nen Yim discovers about the planet and its mysteries...