Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force

Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force is the title of the third installment of the Coruscant Nights Trilogy by Michael Reaves,released on January 27, 2009. A preview of the book was published in Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows. At the end of the book, it has an introduction to Outcast, the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series.

Plot summary
After the Empire's bloody purge of the Jedi, one lone Knight still fights for those who cannot, unaware that he's about to be swept into a cataclysmic battle against the Master of Darkness himself.

''Throughout the galaxy, a captured Jedi is a dead Jedi, even in Coruscant's most foul subterranean slums, where Jedi Knight Jax Pavan champions the causes of the oppressed with the help of hard-nosed reporter Den Dhur and the wisecracking droid I-5YQ. But Jax is also involved in another struggle -- to unlock the secrets of his father's death and his own past.''

''While Jax believes that I-5YQ holds some of those answers, he never imagines that the truth could be shocking enough to catapult him to the frontlines of a plot to kill Emperor Palpatine. Worse yet, Darth Vader's relentless search for Jax is about to end... in triumph.''

''The future looming over the valiant Jedi and his staunch pals promises to be dark and brief, because there's no secret whatsoever about the harshest truth of all: Few indeed are those who tangle with Darth Vader... and live to tell the tale.''

Dramatis personae

 * Darth Vader; Sith Lord and Emperor Palpatine's enforcer (Human male)
 * Dejah Duare; empath, ex-partner of light artist Ves Volette (Zeltron female)
 * Den Dhur; ex-journalist (Sullustan male)
 * Haninum Tyk Rhinann; ex-assistant to Darth Vader (Elomin male)
 * I-5YQ; sentient protocol droid
 * Jax Pavan; Jedi Knight (human male)
 * Kajin Savaros; untrained Force adept (human male)
 * Laranth Tarak; Gray Paladin (Twi'lek female)
 * Pol Haus; police prefect (Zabrak male)
 * Probus Tesla; Inquisitor (Human male)
 * Thi Xon Yimmon; leader of the Whiplash (Cerean male)
 * Tuden Sal; Whiplash associate (Sakiyan male)

Other Individuals

 * Yral Chael
 * Chan Dash
 * Freema
 * Darth Ramage
 * Leor Hal
 * Asli Krimsan
 * Kajin Savaros' mother
 * Kuthara
 * Eyar Marath
 * Barriss Offee
 * Emperor Palpatine
 * Lorn Pavan
 * Even Piell
 * Bey Savaros
 * Aurra Sing
 * Mas Sirrah
 * Umber 3PO unit
 * Unidentified Gungan cook
 * Ves Volette
 * Prince Xizor
 * Yoda

Droid models

 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * 5YQ-series protocol droid

Events

 * Great Jedi Purge
 * Order 66
 * Flame Night

Locations

 * Bakkah
 * Core Worlds
 * Coruscant
 * Galactic City
 * Jedi library
 * Snowblind Mews
 * Poloda Place
 * Westport
 * Sil's Place
 * Grotto Room
 * Southern Underground
 * Blackpit Slums
 * Sunset Cantina
 * M'haeli
 * Orto
 * Outer Rim Territories
 * Elom
 * Mustafar
 * Tatooine
 * Perlemian Trade Route
 * Lianna
 * Deep Core
 * Tython

Organizations and titles

 * Galactic Empire
 * Galactic Emperor
 * Imperial Sector Police
 * Prefect
 * Inquisitorius
 * Stormtrooper
 * Jedi Order
 * Gray Paladin
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Master
 * Padawan
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Sith Lord
 * The Silent
 * Whiplash
 * Underground Mag-Lev

Sentient species

 * Aleena
 * Amani
 * Caamasi
 * Cerean
 * Devish
 * Elomin
 * Gungan
 * Human
 * Koorivar
 * Ortolan
 * Sakiyan
 * Sullustan
 * Togruta
 * Twi'lek
 * Zabrak
 * Zeltron

Weapons and technology

 * Asli Krimsan's holocron
 * Blaster
 * Chrono
 * Comlink
 * Data cube
 * Darth Ramage's holocron
 * Door chime
 * Holonet
 * Lightsaber
 * Remote
 * Turbolift

Food and beverages

 * Caf
 * Daro root
 * Daro root beer
 * Domrai fruit
 * Red leaf tea

Miscellanea

 * Ferrocrete
 * Flute
 * Jedi Code
 * Pyronium
 * Sabacc
 * Sontaran song ball
 * Sleep pants
 * Stalagmite
 * Synthsilk
 * Thermo-cup
 * Vertigo

The Force

 * The Force
 * Ashla
 * Bogan
 * Force dream
 * Force jump
 * Force lightning
 * Midi-chlorians
 * Mind trick
 * Telekinesis
 * Juyo
 * Potentium
 * Shii-Cho

Anatomy

 * Heart
 * Lekku
 * Sternum