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Sacrifice:StarWars(LegacyoftheForce)

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CivilwarragesastheGalacticAlliance–ledbyCalOmasandtheJediforcesofLukeSkywalker–battlesaconfederationofbreakawayplanetsthatrallytothesideofrebelliousCorellia.SuspectedofinvolvementinanassassinationplotagainstQueenMotherTenelKaoftheHapesConsortium,HanandLeiaSoloareontherun,huntedbynoneotherthantheirownson,Jacen,whoseincreasinglyauthoritariantacticsasheadofGAsecurityhaveledLukeandMaraSkywalkertofearthattheirnephewmaybetreadingperilouslyclosetothedarkside.ButashisfamilyseesinJacenthechillinglegacyofhisSithgrandfather,DarthVader,manyofthefrontlinetroopsadorehim,andcountlesscitizensseehimasasavior.Thegalaxyhasbeentornapartbytoomanywars.AllJacenwantsissafetyandstabilityforall–andhe’spreparedtodowhateverittakestoachievethatgoal.Toendthebloodshedandsuffering,whatsacrificewouldbetoogreat?ThatisthequestiontormentingJacen.Alreadyhehassacrificedmuch,embracingthepitilessteachingsofLumiya,theDarkLadyoftheSith,whohastaughthimthatastrongwillandnoblepurposecanholdtheevilexcessesofthedarksideatbay,bringingpeaceandordertothegalaxy–butataprice.ForthereisonefinaltestthatJacenmustpassbeforehecangaintheawesomepowerofatrueSithLord:Hemustbringaboutthedeathofsomeonehevaluesdearly.WhattroublesJacenisn’twhetherhehasthestrengthtocommitmurder.Hehassteeledhimselfforthat,andworseifnecessary.No,thequestionthattroublesJaceniswhothesacrificeshouldbe.Asthestrandsofdestinydrawevermoretightlytogetherinagalaxy-spanningweb,theshockinganswerwillshattertwofamilies...andcastagrimshadowoverthefuture.FromtheHardcoveredition.,

作者简介

KarenTravissistheauthorofStarWars:LegacyoftheForce:BloodlinesandtwoStarWars:RepublicCommandonovels,HardContactandTripleZero,aswellasCityofPearl,CrossingtheLine,TheWorldBefore,Matriarch,andAlly.AformerdefensecorrespondentandTVandnewspaperjournalist,Travisshasalsoworkedasapolicepressofficer,anadvertisingcopywriter,andajournalismlecturer.ShehasservedinboththeRoyalNavalAuxiliaryServiceandtheTerritorialArmy.SincehergraduationfromtheClarionEastclassof2000,hershortstorieshaveappearedinAsimov’s,RealmsofFantasy,OnSpec,andStarWarsInsider.ShelivesinDevizes,England.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,

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