Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

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**Darth Bane: Path of Destruction**

Author	Drew Karpyshyn
Cover Artist	John Jude Palencar
Country	USA
Language	English
Era	Sith Era
Galactic Year	1003 - 1000 BBY
Canon	C
Subject(s)	Star Wars
Genre(s)	Science Fiction
Publisher	Del Rey
Released	26 September 2006
Media Type	Hardcover
Pages	324
ISBN	ISBN 0-345-47736-7
Followed by	Legacy of the Jedi

Path of Destruction is a novel in the Star Wars saga and is centered around the life of Darth Bane and the fall of the Sith Era. It is written by Drew Karpyshyn and was released on September 26, 2006. The book takes place 1000 BBY. The book is a hardcover.

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"Two there should be; no more, no less; One to embody the power, the other to crave it."

-Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith

Since Childhood, Dessel has known only the abuse of his father and the dangerous, soul-crushing labor of a cortosis miner. Deep in the tunnels of the desolate planet Apatros, endlessly excavating the rare mineral valued throughtout the galaxy, Dessel dreams of the day he can escape-a day he fears may never come. But when a high-stakes card game ends in deadly violence, Dessel suddenly finds himself a wanted man.

On the run from vengeful Republic forces, Dessel vanishes into the rank of the Sith army and ships out to join the bloody war against the Republic and its Jedi champions. There, Dessel's brutality, cunning and exceptional command of the Force swiftly win him renown as a warrior. But in the eyes of his watchful masters, he is destined for a far greater role in the ultimate Sith plan for the galaxy- if he can prove himself truly worthy.

As an acolyte in the Sith academy, studying the secret and skills of the dark side at the feet of its greatest masters, Dessel embraces his new Sith identity: Bane. But the true test is yet to come. In order to gain acceptance into the brotherhood of Darkness one must fully surrender to the dark side through a trial by fire that Bane, for all his unquenchable fury and lust for power, may not be strong enough to endure...especially since deception, treachery, and murder run rampant among the Sith disciples, and utter ruthlessness alone is the key to survival. Only by defying the most sacred traditions, rejecting all he has been taught, and drawing upon the long-forgotten wisdom of the very first Sith can Bane hope to triumph- and forge from the ashes of that which he much destroy a new era of absolute dark power.