Patterns of force: star wars legends (coruscant nights, book iii) - michael reaves

From the bestselling author of Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter comes the exciting conclusion to the adventures of Jedi survivor Jax Pavan and his battle against Darth Vader and the Empire.

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After the Empires bloody purge of the Jedi, one lone Knight still fights for those who cannot, unaware that hes about to be swept into a cataclysmic battle against the Master of Darkness himself.

Throughout the galaxy, a captured Jedi is a dead Jedi, even in Coruscants most foul subterranean slums, where Jedi Knight Jax Pavan champions the causes of the oppressed with the help of hard-nosed reporter Den Dhur and the wisecracking droid I-5YQ.

But Jax is also involved in another struggle-to unlock the secrets of his fathers death and his own past.

While Jax believes that I-5YQ holds some of those answers, he never imagines that the truth could be shocking enough to catapult him to the frontlines of a plot to kill Emperor Palpatine.

Worse yet, Darth Vaders relentless search for Jax is about to end .

in triumph.

The future looming over the valiant Jedi and his staunch pals promises to be dark and brief, because theres no secret whatsoever about the harshest truth of all: Few indeed are those who tangle with Darth Vader .

and live to tell the tale.