Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Fall of the Sith Empire #2

During the chaos of a civil war in the Sith Empire, Republic captive Jori Daragon sees a chance to steal her ship, ''Starbreaker 12'', and flee the stronghold of Naga Sadow, the Dark Lord of the Sith. Only the navicomputer on ''Starbreaker 12'' holds the coordinates for her to get home, to safety – even if it means she must leave her beloved brother, Gav, behind in Sadow’s clutches.

What Jori doesn’t know, however, is that Naga Sadow has himself engineered the crisis so that she will rush back to the rich star systems of the fabled Republic. With a tracking device hidden on her ship, he can lead the military might of the Sith Empire on a sweeping conquest. Sadow has intentionally kept Gav, training the young man as his protégé. When the ship of Sadow’s defeated rival, Ludo Kressh, appears over the fortress world, broadcasting a message and demanding to be heard, the Dark Lord of the Sith tricks Gav into firing a preemptive strike that blows Ludo’s ship out of the skies. Now no one will challenge Sadow’s ambitions, and the way is clear for him to take the Republic as his own...

Meanwhile, Jori survives the rigorous flight across the galaxy, arriving back at Koros Major, capital of Empress Teta’s newly unified seven worlds. She bears her message of grave import, broadcasting an emergency on all channels – but Jori stumbles headlong into her own tarnished reputation. She and Gave have left under bad circumstances, skipping out on large debts and obligations, fleeing the law. No one will listen to Jori or her urgent warning. She has cried wolf too many times in the past. Instead, under the weight of numerous warrants for her arrest, Jori is taken into custody, her ship impounded. As her accounts of the legendary Sith Empire fall on deaf ears, Jori is dragged off to trial...