This is a Star Wars Legends story (meaning not a part of the canon storyline of the movies and the books that have been put out since Disney acquired Lucasfilm). It involves a Sith Lord named Darth Malgus, who ransacks the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and kills Jedi Master Ven Zallow while on On Alderaan the Jedi and Sith are trying to work out the peace treaty. Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer, who had sensed her Master Zallow's death in the Force, turns her back on the Jedi Order to go to Coruscant, find out who killed her former master, and kill the murderer.
There are a couple of intertwined plotlines in the novel. Aryn looking for Malgus and the Jedi-Sith peace negotiations. Malgus hates that the Sith Empire is negotiating peace with the Jedi, and Aryn hates that the Jedi are negotiating a peace treaty with the Sith after the Sith attacked the Jedi Temple. The crux of the story is whether Aryn will fall to the dark side in her quest for revenge and Malgus's plan to take over the Sith Empire. The book has pretty steady pacing, with the action spaced out well, and does a good job with character development. The Legends timeline is set about 3500 years before A New Hope, so not even Yoda is around at the time of the events of the novel. Even though none of the "major" Star Wars characters are in the book, it is no less entertaining than any of the novels that were set after Return of the Jedi. Of course, it is not part of the official Star Wars canon anymore, but it is still worth reading if you are one who picks and chooses different Star Wars novels to read.
There are a couple of intertwined plotlines in the novel. Aryn looking for Malgus and the Jedi-Sith peace negotiations. Malgus hates that the Sith Empire is negotiating peace with the Jedi, and Aryn hates that the Jedi are negotiating a peace treaty with the Sith after the Sith attacked the Jedi Temple. The crux of the story is whether Aryn will fall to the dark side in her quest for revenge and Malgus's plan to take over the Sith Empire. The book has pretty steady pacing, with the action spaced out well, and does a good job with character development. The Legends timeline is set about 3500 years before A New Hope, so not even Yoda is around at the time of the events of the novel. Even though none of the "major" Star Wars characters are in the book, it is no less entertaining than any of the novels that were set after Return of the Jedi. Of course, it is not part of the official Star Wars canon anymore, but it is still worth reading if you are one who picks and chooses different Star Wars novels to read.
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