false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168588205m/35430.jpg 35430 5 Once the Sith order teemed with followers. But their rivalries divided them in endless battles for supremacy. Until one dark lord at last united the Sith in the quest to enslave the galaxy&#8211;and exterminate the Jedi. Yet it would fall to another, far more powerful than the entire Brotherhood of Darkness, to ultimately realize the full potential of the Sith, and wield the awesome power of the dark side as never before.<br><br><br>Since childhood, Dessel has known only the abuse of his hateful 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 throughout the galaxy, Dessel dreams of the day he can escape&#8211;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.<br><br>On the run from vengeful Republic forces, Dessel vanishes into the ranks of the Sith army, and ships out to join the bloody war against the Republic and its Jedi champions. There, Dessel&#8217;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&#8211;if he can prove himself truly worthy.<br><br>As an acolyte in the Sith academy, studying the secrets and skills of the dark side at the feet of its greatest masters, Dessel embraces his new Sith identity: Bane. However 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&#8211;and forge from the ashes of that which he must destroy a new era of absolute dark power. 1330495 6 6 2006 Path of Destruction (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #1) total:652|5:256|4:219|3:150|2:23|1:4| 652 2656 841 83 2 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 15:29:49 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 15:29:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 18:01:42 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 13:02:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 04 17:37:07 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 18:08:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 16 13:11:46 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 09:17:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 27 13:26:36 -0800 2009 Mon May 05 08:23:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 13:26:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:53:42 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:13:31 -0800 2008
]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:15:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 21:03:45 -0700 2009 Star Wars fan, I found this an interesting book. Not only does it come so long before the original Star Wars (according to the time line in the front of the books, it says 1020 years before A New Hope), but most of the book is focused on a Sith's point of view. That's not something I've r...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 08:48:06 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 19:53:57 -0800 2009
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