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