While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . .
The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids' durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than in the steaming Jasserak jungle, where the doctors and nurses of a small med unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and wounded start to pile up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell "Uli" Divini know that time is running out.
Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been stretched to the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could very well lead to her death-and that of countless others. For the conflict is growing-and for this obscure mobile med unit, there's only one resolution. Shocking, bold, unprecedented, it's the only option Jos and his colleagues really have.
The unthinkable has become the inevitable. Whether it kills them or not remains to be seen.
About the AuthorMichael Reaves won an Emmy Award for writing on
Batman: The Animated Series in 1993. He has worked for Spielberg's DreamWorks, among other studios, and is the author of several fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers. He is the author of the bestselling
Star Wars novel
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. He is also the author of
Hell on Earth and, along with John Pelan, edited the
Shadows Over Baker Street anthology. Michael Reaves lives in Los Angeles.
Steve Perry was born and raised in the Deep South and has lived in Louisiana, California, Washington, and Oregon. He is currently the science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviewer for
The Oregonian. Perry has sold dozens of stories to magazines and anthologies, as well as a considerable number of novels, animated teleplays, nonfiction articles, reviews, and essays. He wrote for
Batman: The Animated Series during its first Emmy Award--winning season, authored the
New York Times bestseller
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and also did the bestselling novelization for the summer blockbuster movie
Men in Black.