NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel
set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens . The Empire is dead. Nearly two
decades after the Battle of Endor the tattered remnants of Palpatine’s forces have fled to the
farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic danger and loss are
ever-present companions even in this newly forged era of peace. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is
haunted by visions of the dark side foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the
depths of space on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable . .
. and Luke’s worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with
reports of a new Sith menace. After Lando’s daughter was stolen from his arms he searched the
stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading
hopes—until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a
young girl. Ochi’s true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon a
mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin promising
that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange he
must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith’s glorious rebirth—Rey
the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself. As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of
the galaxy Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith’s lingering shadow and aid a young
family running for their lives.
