The  overthrow of the Republic is complete. The Separatist forces have been  smashed, the Jedi Council nearly decimated, and the rest of the Order  all but destroyed. Now absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth  Sidiousthe cunning Sith lord better known as the former Senator, now  Emperor, Palpatine. But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance  in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for . . .  and dealt with. These crucial tasks fall to the Emperors ruthless  enforcer, Darth Vader. In turn, the Dark Lord has groomed a lethal  apprentice entrusted with a top-secret mission: to comb the galaxy and  dispatch the last of his masters enemies, thereby punctuating the dark  sides victory with the Jedis doom.Since childhood, Vaders  nameless agent has known only the cold, mercenary creed of the Sith. His  past is a void; his present, the carrying out of his deadly orders. But  his future beckons like a glistening black jewel with the ultimate  promise: to stand beside the only father he has ever known, with the  galaxy at their feet. It is a destiny he can realize only by rising to  the greatest challenge of his discipleship: destroying Emperor  Palpatine. The apprentices journeys will take him across the  far reaches of the galaxy, from the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk to the  junkyard planet of Raxus Prime. On these missions, the young Sith  acolyte will forge an unlikely alliance with a ruined Jedi Master  seeking redemption and wrestle with forbidden feelings for his beautiful  comrade, Juno Eclipse. And he will be tested as never beforeby  shattering revelations that strike at the very heart of all he believes  and stir within him long-forgotten hopes of reclaiming his name . . .  and changing his destiny.