Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy - Legends (2025)

In this essential Star Wars Legends novel, the second in the Darth Bane trilogy, the fearsome Sith lord takes on a deadly new apprentice. Darth Bane’s twisted genius made him a natural leader among the Sith–until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two.Two there should be; no more, no less.One to embody the power, the other to crave it.Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action and thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.

Darth Bane is beginning to suffer from drawing heavily upon the Dark Side of the Force for so many years. At the same time, he has begun to doubt his apprentice, Zannah, as she has not yet attempted to kill him. When he learns of an ancient Sith artifact that may hold the secret to immortality, he seeks out in search of it alone. But Zannah is anything but weak, and she knows this is the time to defeat her master. The forces of evil will clash, with the future of the Sith hanging in the balance.