About the book: 2001 / After dangerous adventures, Jedi Qui-Gon and his apprentice Obi-Wan arrived on one of the distant planets. Its natural resources are being plundered by the Distant Worlds corporation, leaving behind a barren desert. At a meeting with representatives of this company, Qui-Gon unexpectedly meets his former student, the vengeful and treacherous Xanthos, who once betrayed the Teacher. Qui-Gon is worried. Had he and Obi-Wan been lured into a trap? To confront a cunning and cruel enemy who draws his power from the dark side of the Force, the Great Jedi and his apprentice must force him to play by his own rules....