Fate of the Jedi: Vortex

Vortex by Troy Denning is the sixth novel in the Fate of the Jedi series and is scheduled for release on November 30, 2010. At the end of the book, it has an introduction to Conviction. The audio version is narrated by Marc Thompson. The paperback is set to be released on November 29, 2011.

Back cover
'''Jedi and Sith fight side by side against an even greater foe. But how long can enemies remain allies? And how high is the price of betrayal?'''

Internal flap
''In a stunning turn of events, Luke Skywalker and his son, Ben, joined forces with members of the Sith armada sent to kill them&mdash;and turned their combined might against the monstrous being Abeloth, whose power was causing young Jedi Knights to go seemingly insane. But with Abeloth gone and the Knights sane again, the Sith reverted to form, making a treacherous attempt on Luke's life.''

''Luke and Ben have no time for retaliation. A new and even more insidious threat is rising, one that endangers not only the Jedi but the entire Galactic Alliance. Unless the Skywalkers survive to sound the alarm&mdash;and to pass along the secrets they have learned about Abeloth and the Sith&mdash;the galaxy will suffer as it has never suffered before. But the reinforcements they need remain grounded on Coruscant, where the political battle of wills between the Jedi Council and Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala has reached a boiling point.''

''Now Luke and Ben must go on the run, taking along the inscrutable&mdash;and dangerous&mdash;Sith apprentice Vestara Khai. With a host of Sith warriors in hot pursuit, the Skywalkers soon find themselves trapped on the moon Pydyr, caught between their former allies and a mob of angry Fallanassi. A new truce may be their only hope. But can a Sith ever be trusted?''

With the Jedi's most famous father-and-son team outnumbered and outgunned, the countdown to galactic disaster has begun&mdash;and time is running out!

Plot summary

 * From the excerpt in the back of Allies :
 * Aboard the Rockhound, Jaina Solo and Lando Calrissian are traveling back to Coruscant to inform the New Jedi Order of Luke and Ben Skywalker's whereabouts. However, they find themselves nearby Kessel, which wasn't any of their intended destinations. Solo and Calrissian soon find that the ship's droids are being manipulated by an unknown source to ruin their plans. Solo goes to her damaged StealthX wing against Calrissian's wishes and finds that the StealthX's weapons are being dismounted by one of the droids. Solo then learns that on the Rockhound stop at Klatooine, the ship had received a mouse droid as a new delivery. Solo, in conclusion, determines that whoever is manipulating the droids&mdash;she suspects the Lost Tribe of Sith&mdash;is using that mouse droid to maneuver the Rockhound toward Kessel instead of Coruscant.


 * From the excerpt on starwarsbookextras.com :
 * On Coruscant, Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala continues her Mandalorian siege on the Jedi Temple to take away Jedi Knights Sothais Saar and Turi Altamik for being victims of the Force psychosis. Han Solo acts as intermediary between the Jedi and Daala as he convinces the Chief of State that it is safe for Saar and Altamik to step out, as the Force psychosis is now gone. Daala's Bith surgeon, Thalleus Tharn, looks them over for a brief preliminary test to confirm that they're not impostors. Tharn tests to make sure that they are not impostors by kneeling Saar in the groin, which prompts Altamik to stop the surgeon by raising him up in the air with the Force to prevent any further attacks from the Bith. Using this action as basic evidence that Saar and Altamik are not impostors, considering how the latter Knight controlled herself in the event of the attack, it appears to be a foregone conclusion that the Force psychosis is indeed gone, and the Knights are sane again. Despite this, however, Daala insists that her forces search throughout the Temple to make sure that the Jedi are holding nothing back from her.