Hans Solo and Lei Organa-Solo work - unwittingly - at cross-purposes to help refugees flooding in to the planet Duro from the Rim worlds where the dreaded Yuuzhan Vong aliens have invaded. The Yuuzhan Vong choose Duro as their next target - one they intend to use to deliver a horrifying message to the people of the New Republic. And Jacen Solo, working at his father's die, finds himself torn: how to reconcile using the Force as a tool for Good, yet still fight the evil invaders. If he doesn't make the right choice, the future of his family - and possibly of the New Republic itself - hangs in the balance.