Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal: Book 1 Audiobook (Free)
- Marc Thompson
- 6 h 0 min
- Random House (Audio)
- 2007-02-20
Summary:
This is actually the era of Luke Skywalker’s legacy: the Jedi Professional has unified the order into a cohesive group of powerful Jedi Knights. But as the new era begins, planetary interests threaten to disrupt this time around of relative tranquility, and Luke is certainly plagued with visions of an approaching darkness. Bad is increasing again-out of the greatest intentions-and it appears as though the legacy of the Skywalkers may come back to where it started. Honor and responsibility will collide with camaraderie and bloodstream ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans about Star Wars: Legacy of the Pressure: Betrayal: Reserve 1 find themselves on opposing sides of the explosive turmoil with potentially damaging repercussions for both family members, for the Jedi purchase, and for the entire galaxy.
Whenever a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar leads to a violent ambush-from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protégé and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly escape using their lives-it’s the most alarming evidence yet that sparks of political unrest are threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The governments of several worlds are chafing under the strict regulations of the Galactic Alliance, and diplomatic efforts to enforce conformity are faltering. Fearing the worst, the Alliance readies a preemptive display of military might inside a bid to create the rogue worlds in-line before an uprising erupts. The designated target of this exercise: world Corellia-renowned for the brash independence and renegade heart that have made its favorite kid, Han Solo, a legend.
Something of a rogue himself, Jacen is nevertheless duty bound being a Jedi to stand with his uncle, Jedi Grasp Luke Skywalker, privately from the Galactic Alliance. However when the wary Corellians release a counterstrike, the Alliance’s display of force-and a key mission to disable Corellia’s crucial Centerpoint Station-give method to an equipped skirmish. Once the smoke clears, the battle lines are drawn. Today the specter of full-scale battle looms between a growing cadre of defiant planets as well as the Galactic Alliance that some dread is becoming a new Empire. And even while both sides struggle to look for a diplomatic solution, strange functions of treachery and sabotage threaten peacefulness attempts at every switch.
Determined to root out those behind the mayhem, Jacen follows a trail of cryptic hints to a dark rendezvous with the most surprising of revelations . while Luke grapples with something even more troubling: desire visions of the shadowy physique whose Force power and ruthlessness remind him of Darth Vader-a lethal foe who strikes like a dark spirit on a mission of doom. A realtor of evil who, if Luke’s visions come to pass, will bring untold pain towards the Jedi Expert . . . and to the complete galaxy.
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