Deena Shan is ready to give up and leave the rebellion. When a failed hyperspace jump puts the ship carrying Deena, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Tungo Li in orbit above an Imperial stronghold, they go on the offensive, leading their crew in a potentially suicidal strike. It finally comes down to Deena to decide the success or failure of the mission.

"As more planets fall to the savage Yuuzhan Vong invaders, Luke Skywalker leads his Jedi Knights against them with very little support from the New Republic. The Galfridian family, separated when their homeworld fell, have fought the invasion in their own ways. Kaye and her mother, Nina, took over a Yuuzhan Vong slave ship, saving thousands, and attempting to save more. Finn abandoned his Jedi training to rescue his father. Both attempts ended in...