As Leia strives to prevent a new threat to the fragile unity of the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a fugitive ship of unknown origin. The ship is irresistibly drawn to its home planet, once destroyed by imperial troops. Luke continues to search for information about his mother and her life among the Fallanassi, while beginning to question his true use of the Force. And while Leia tries to work out a diplomatic solution to the conflict with the unyielding Yeweth people, Khan flies on a scout ship into the very depths of the Yeweth territories, where he will face a huge fleet under the command of a cruel leader - a fleet with which the New Republic will be forced to reckon...