Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil

By: Drew Karpyshyn

Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil is a novel set in the Star Wars universe that takes place during the Sith era, and is the third of three novels in the Darth Bane trilogy.

Plot: Ten years after the second novel, Darth Bane is disappointed in Zannah due to the fact that she hasn't challenged him for the mantle of Dark Lord, but is instead waiting for him to grow old.  Upon discovering a tome that tells of Darth Andeddu, a Sith Lord who discovers the secret to eternal life, Bane sends Zannah on a mission to locate an insignifigant sith artifact on the planet Doan, while he travels to the Deep Core Worlds in search of Andeddu's fabled Holocron.

While on the planet Doan, Zannah discovers a Dark Jedi named Set Harth, a man who may be worthy of being her apprentice.  She leaves Doan with Set in tow, determined to face Bane in a match to the death.

In the meantime, Bane returns home to be captured by a mercenary squad hired by Princess Serra of Doan, daughter of Caleb, who while on Corrucant learns that Darth Bane is still alive, and seeks to capture him and kill him to avenge her father.  So now, Zannah must return to Daon to free Bane, in order to challenge him, and claim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith for herself.

Review:  Truly a novel where all lives are connected through the force!  This book is impossible to put down.  All debts will be settled when this novel reaches it's climax, and tests Darth Bane's "Rule of Two".