Legacy of the Force: Betrayal

Betrayal, by Aaron Allston, is to be the first book released in the Legacy Era. The book was released May 30, 2006.

Summary
Betrayal is in the era of Luke Skywalker's legacy, where the Jedi Master has unified the order into a cohesive group of powerful Jedi Knights. But as the new era begins, planetary interests threaten to disrupt the peace. Luke is plagued with visions of an approaching darkness. In the book evil is rising again and out of the best intentions, it looks as if the legacy of the Skywalkers may come full circle. Honor and duty will collide with friendship and blood ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans find themselves on opposing sides of an explosive conflict with potentially devastating repercussions for both families, for the Jedi Order and for the entire Galaxy.

When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush—from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protégé and cousin Ben Skywalker narrowly escape with their lives&mdash;it's the most alarming evidence yet that sparks of political unrest are threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The governments of numerous worlds are chafing under the strict regulations of the Galactic Alliance and diplomatic efforts to enforce compliance are failing. Fearing the worst the Alliance readies a preemptive display of military might in a bid to bring the rogue worlds to heel before an uprising erupts. The designated target of this exercise: planet Corellia&mdash;renowned for the brash independence and renegade spirit that have made its favorite son Han Solo a legend.

Something of a rogue himself, Jacen is nevertheless duty bound as a Jedi to stand with his uncle, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, on the side of the Galactic Alliance. But when the wary Corellians launch a counterstrike the Alliance's show of force&mdash;and a secret mission to disable Corellia's crucial Centerpoint Station&mdash;give way to an armed skirmish. Once the smoke clears the battle lines are drawn. Now the specter of full scale war looms between a growing cadre of defiant planets and the Galactic Alliance that some fear is becoming a new Empire. And even as both sides struggle to find a diplomatic solution mysterious acts of treachery and sabotage threaten to doom peace efforts at every turn.

Determined to root out those behind the mayhem, Jacen follows a trail of cryptic clues to a dark rendezvous with the most shocking of revelations... while Luke grapples with something even more troubling: dream visions of a shadowy figure whose force power and ruthlessness remind him of Darth Vader&mdash;a lethal enemy who strikes like a dark spirit on a mission of doom. An agent of evil who, if Luke's visions come to pass, will bring untold pain to the Jedi Master... and to the entire Galaxy.

Excerpt

 * Excerpt from Random House

Dramatis personae

 * Aidel Saxan; Prime Minister, Corellia (Human female)
 * Ben Skywalker; Jedi apprentice (Human male)
 * Brisha Syo (Human female)
 * C-3PO; protocol droid
 * Cal Omas; Chief of State, Galactic Alliance (Human male)
 * Cha Niathal; admiral, Galactic Alliance (Mon Calamari female)
 * Gilad Pellaeon; Admiral, Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance (Human male)
 * Han Solo; captain, Millennium Falcon (Human male)
 * Heilan Rotham; professor (Human female)
 * Jacen Solo; Jedi Knight (Human male)
 * Jaina Solo; Jedi Knight (Human female)
 * Kolir Hu'lya; Jedi Knight (Bothan female)
 * Leia Organa Solo; Jedi Knight; copilot, Millennium Falcon (Human female)
 * Luke Skywalker; Jedi Grand Master (Human male)
 * Lysa Dunter; ensign, Galactic Alliance (Human female)
 * Mara Jade Skywalker; Jedi Master (Human female)
 * Matric Klauskin; admiral, Galactic Alliance (Human male)
 * Nelani Dinn; Jedi Knight (Human female)
 * R2-D2; (astromech droid)
 * Syal Antilles; ensign, Galactic Alliance (Human female)
 * Tahiri Veila; Jedi Knight (Human female)
 * Thann Mithric; Jedi Knight (Falleen male)
 * Thrackan Sal-Solo; Chief of State, Corellia (Human male)
 * Tiu Zax; Jedi Knight (Omwati female)
 * Toval Seyah; Galactic Alliance scientist-spy (Human male)
 * Tycho Celchu; general, Galactic Alliance (Human male)
 * Wedge Antilles; General, Corellian Defense Force (Human male)
 * Zekk; Jedi Knight (Human male)