Twenty-two years have passed since the epic Battle of Javin and fifty years since the launch of the Long Flight, a ship that was supposed to take colonists beyond the Unknown Regions of the Galaxy. The wreckage of the lost Long Flight was discovered on the planet Nirauan. All that remained after the expedition was destroyed by the Chiss warlord Mitth'raw'nuruo-do. The inhabitants of the planet want to return them to the New Republic at any cost. But this gesture of goodwill requires someone to embark on a long journey to where thousands of living beings once met a monstrous death. The envoys of the New Republic - Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade - do not suspect what danger lurks in the bowels of the crashed ship. A test awaits them. They will have to escape a deadly trap carefully prepared by enemies whose cruelty is legendary and who intend to complete the campaign against the Jedi begun by Admiral Thrawn...