A group of wildcat planetary prospectors plant their flag on a distant new world, rich in land, resources . . .and the greatest archaeological discovery in history, an ancient complex of impossible proportions carved deep within the living rock, a mind-numbing labyrinth of passages, ramps, bridges, and galleries that seems to extend limitlessly....

The world\'s attention is focused painfully on a brutal third-world civil war, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child....

Twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker and the galaxy are facing their first major threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors from another galaxy - the Yuuzhan Vong! The peaceful planet of Artorias is in the path of the alien armada....

The extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong invasion has spread; ravaged worlds are left behind, the forces of the New Republic are spread thin, and even Luke Skywalker\'s New Jedi Order is nearly helpless against the invaders. These are times when even the rescuers may need rescuing......