The events of the book take place 19 years before A New Hope

A long time ago in a distant galaxy... Dark times have come. Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who miraculously survived the massacre after Order 66. Jax settled in the dark slums of Coruscant and carefully hides his affiliation with the Order, trying to always be one step ahead of the killers thirsting for Jedi blood. But someone is looking for the elusive Jedi. Seasoned reporter Den Dhur and his friend, the very extraordinary droid I-5IK, want to tell Jax something amazing - news about the father he has never met. But when Jax learns of the death of his teacher, he has no choice. To fulfill his mentor's dying wish - a task vital to the resistance movement - he must come into the light... at the risk of attracting the attention of Darth Vader! The shadow king of the Black Sun Dal Peri and the power-hungry Prince Xizor, the dark lord Darth Vader and his cowardly secretary Rinann , protocol droid I5 and Korunna freedom fighter Nick Rostu will show you the underbelly of the galactic capital - dark, oppressive and mysterious - during the darkest period of Star Wars!