Dark Nest I: The Joiner King

The Joiner King is the first book of the latest Star Wars Expanded Universe novel series Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning. It will be available in bookshops from Del Rey Books on July 26th 2005. It takes place after the New Jedi Order novel The Unifying Force which sees the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong. Del Rey Books on July 26, 2005. And included as a special bonus: the short story Ylesia by Walter Jon Williams, previously only available in ebook format.

Luke Skywalker is worried because a group of Jedi Knights, including his nephew and niece, Jaina and Jacen Solo, have disappeared into the Unknown Regions in response to a strange cry for help that only they could hear. The Chiss Ascendancy has angrily lodged complaint, accusing the missing Jedi knights of interfering in a border dispute between them and an unknown aggressor.Luke Skywalker has no choice but to head to the Unknown Regions along with Han Solo and his wife Leia in an attempt to stop the growing tensions before they spill out of control. But not one of them are prepared for what they discover when they reach their destination. They discover that a colony of mysterious aliens is expanding toward the edge of Chiss space. The leader of the alien nest is resolute and  adept in the Force. He is drawing old friends to his camp, making them join the colony and combine their Force-abilities with his, even if it leads to war.