There have been at least 30 Star Wars books released since 1991 that have continued the adventures of Han, Luke, and Leia. This is one of the better ones. The 2nd part of a trilogy, it has a cliff hanger ending, similar to Empire Strikes Back. The story continues from Jedi Apprentice about how Luke is progressing as a Jedi Master at his newly created academy. Two of his students fall to the dark side and create interesting confrontations for Luke, the second of which is the cliff hanger. Han and Leia, with the New Republic, are involved in battling the rogue Imperials who had just recently discovered that the Emperor had fallen. Character development and back ground information was well done. Overall, this story isn't just an adventure of the month that was relased, it was a true continuation of the Star Wars saga.