<p>From the mind of Joe Schreiber, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Star Wars:<br>Death Troopers</i>, comes the delirious follow-up to last year''s <i>Darth Plagueis</i>. In a tale of<br>retribution and survival set before the events of <i>The Phantom Menace</i>, Darth Plagueis<br>and Darth Sidious dispatch Sith apprentice Darth Maul on a secret mission to infiltrate a<br>criminal empire operating from inside Cog Hive Seven--a hidden prison teeming with the<br>galaxy''s most savage criminals. There, he must contend against the scummiest and<br>most villainous in gladiatorial death matches while carrying out his masters'' clandestine<br>commands. Failure is not an option; success will ignite the revenge of the Sith against<br>the Jedi Order.</p>