From the mind of Joe Schreiber, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars:

Death Troopers, comes the delirious follow-up to last year's Darth Plagueis. In a tale of

retribution and survival set before the events of The Phantom Menace, Darth Plagueis

and Darth Sidious dispatch Sith apprentice Darth Maul on a secret mission to infiltrate a

criminal empire operating from inside Cog Hive Seven--a hidden prison teeming with the

galaxy's most savage criminals. There, he must contend against the scummiest and

most villainous in gladiatorial death matches while carrying out his masters' clandestine

commands. Failure is not an option; success will ignite the revenge of the Sith against

the Jedi Order.