Edge of Victory: Conquest
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| Author | Greg Keyes |
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| Cover Artist | Terese Nielsen |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Era | New Jedi Order |
| Series | The New Jedi Order |
| Galactic Year | 26 ABY |
| Subject(s) | Star Wars |
| Genre(s) | Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Released | 1 April 2001 |
| Media Type | Paperback |
| Pages | 291 |
| Size and Weight | 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches 5.1 ounces |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-42864-1 |
| Preceded by | Recovery |
| Followed by | Edge of Victory: Rebirth |
Edge of Victory: Conquest (also released as Edge of Victory I: Conquest) is the first novel in a two-part story by Greg Keyes. Published and released in 2001, it is the eighth installment of the New Jedi Order series set in the Star Wars galaxy.
[edit] Publisher's description
No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger -- and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system -- and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind.
At Luke Skywalker’s request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing.
When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, Anakin has few peers. But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends . . .
[edit] Summary
After the Yuuzhan Vong agree to halt their conquests in Balance Point with the New Republic's surrender of the Jedi, collaborators hunt the Jedi across the galaxy. Among the underclass of the Yuuzhan Vong, a Jeedai cult begins to develop while, on occupied Yavin Four, Han and Leia's son Anakin tries to rescue his friend Tahiri from Yuuzhan Vong shapers, the creators of their biotechnology.
