I had to skip ahead in the timeline because Barnes and Noble didn't have the Old Republic series, so we will have to go back to that.
This novel is based on the character, Jedi Kerra Holt, from a new line of comic books. It tells of a time when the Jedi were strong in the Republic but wrapped up in their own problems. The Sith are beyond the Outer Rim and just as strong. Neither really know much about the other. Kerra is taken on a mission with her master to free some people on a Sith planet but it goes wrong and her master is killed stranding her in Sith space.
She then goes to Lord Daimen's territory and tries to assassinate him. He leaves the world too soon to go fight his brother, Odion, and she carts along after him.
During the fighting the brothers side together and take out another Sith lord. Kerra escapes with a brigade of mercenaries and young children that were supposed to work for Daimen. Together they travel to another Sith territory and run into some messed up shit.
On this planet, twin brother and sister Sith are running the planet with the help of "brains". Like I said, messed up shit. It's creepy and weird and they get the hell out of there.
That's when they end up at yet ANOTHER Sith territory. This one is covered in snow and run by an ice queen. She acts like she is so civilized but really she is a weirdo too and once again our Jedi has to find a way out. But before she can do that, she finds out that all these crazy Sith are related and that they are controlled by their grandmother.
The ice queen then asks her to assassinate the grandmother, or dowager, but Kerra days "Hell no! I ain't your bitch" or something like that. She then gets locked in a torture chamber.
Fear not! She made a frenemy along the way who works for the dowager and comes along to free her. He also gives her and the mercenaries codes to peace out to the Republic. She fights off the ice queen and heads back to Coruscant with all the kids she saved.
The evil grandmother and ice queen? Still alive!
I thought this book was great and set up a chance for Miller to really go somewhere with this character. I hope to see a lot more of Kerra and not just in the comic books. I am also ready to read the novels preceding this one to find out how the Sith evolved to this point. I feel the Old Republic era has a lot of opportunity to grow as story lines and characters evolve and would love George to make some more movies!!
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