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Synopsis:
Who are the followers of the Sith? Devoted to the study of the dark side of the Force, they live an underground existence, but their threat is growing. Although they do not have Sith power, they are on a constant search for it. Nothing, not even the Jedi, will get in their way.
Dr. Lundi is the leader of the Sith followers. As he gets closer to attaining a Sith Holocron, he comes face-to-face with Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Ten years later, when the Sith followers reappear, Obi-Wan and his own apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, must rely on Lundi to help them. But he is to be feared, not trusted.
The Sith are on the rise. The Jedi must stop them.

Chronology:
This story begins approximately 8 years before the events of The Phantom Menace and concludes 5 years after it (between 40 and 27 years before the Battle of Yavin).

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• The Defenders of the Dead by Jude Watson
• The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson
• The Captive Temple by Jude Watson
• The Day of Reckoning by Jude Watson
• The Fight for Truth by Jude Watson
• The Shattered Peace by Jude Watson
• The Deadly Hunter by Jude Watson
• The Evil Experiment by Jude Watson
• The Dangerous Rescue by Jude Watson
• The Ties That Bind by Jude Watson
• The Death of Hope by Jude Watson
• The Call To Vengeance by Jude Watson
• The Only Witness by Jude Watson
• The Threat Within by Jude Watson
• Last Stand on Ord Mantell by Ryder Windham
• The Aurorient Express by Mike Kennedy
• The Phantom Menace by Terrys Brooks
• Deceptions by Jude Watson
• The Followers