After triumphing in Star Wars: The Unifying Force, the heroes of the New Jedi Order return in a dazzling new adventure!

Luke Skywalker is worried: A handful of Jedi Knights, including his nephew and niece, Jaina and Jacen Solo, have disappeared into the Unknown Regions in response to a strange cry for help that only they could hear. Now the alien Chiss have angrily lodged a formal complaint, accusing the missing Jedi of meddling in a border dispute between the Chiss and an unidentified aggressor.

Luke has no choice but to head to the Unknown Regions for serious damage control. Han and Leia follow, intent on protecting their children from what could be grave danger. But none of them are prepared for what they find when they reach their destination.

A colony of mysterious aliens is expanding toward the edge of Chiss space. The leader of the alien nest is resolute. Adept in the Force, he is drawing old friends to his side, compelling them to join the colony and meld their Force-abilities with his, even if it leads to all-out war....

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The epic Star Wars odyssey enters a new frontier as the heroes of the New Jedi Order confront a monstrous evil - insidious, unseen, and insatiable....

Despite being given new worlds to populate, the insectoid Killiks have not found peace.  An unknown enemy has been attacking the new nests - and the Killiks hold the Jedi responsible.  Traveling back to the Unknown Regions to unravel a mystery, the Skywalkers and Solos discover an evil far more familiar than they ever expected... and even more terrifying.  Why does the Dark Nest want to kill Mara?  Will Jacen's apocalyptic vision triger another galactic war or prevent one?  And perhaps the most ominous of all, what deadly secret are the Killiks hiding?

To find out, Luke, Mara, Han, and Leia must embark on a perilous journey into the uncharted void between right and wrong.  The ferocious Unknown Terrors are only the beginning of the awesome challenges that lie ahead in their quest to fathom the unfathomable.  For an obscure dispute in about to explode into chaos, pitting Jedi against Jedi - and threatening the very galaxy itself.

In the explosive conclusion to the Daark Nest trilogy, Luke Skywalker summons the heroes of the New Jedi Order from near and far as the Star Wars galaxy teeters on the edge of eternal war.  Yet even the combined powers of the formidable Jedi may not be enough to vanquish the deadly perils confronting them.

The Shiss-Killik border war is threatening to engulf the entire galaxy - raising the awful specter of the Killik sweeping across space to absorb all living creatures into a single hive mind.  The only hope for peace lies with the Jedi - who must not only end the bloodshed between two fierce enemies but also combat the insidious evil spread by the elusive Dark Nest and its unseen queen.

Leia's newly acquired Jedi skills are put to the ultimate test in the coming life-and-death battle.  As for Luke, he will have to prove, in a lightning display of Force strength and swordplay, that he is - beyond a shadow of a doubt - the greatest Jedi Master in the galaxy.