In the heated battle between the Shok Choka and Anakin, Anakin is able to sidestep most of the major blows from the warrior eventually stabbing his knee with his light saber and cutting his head off.  During the attack, Anakin had sliced a couple of holes in the sides of the wall and after the battle, with the warriors distracted, Corran finished opening the whole and they all escape through it.  As they run down the corridor, they realize that the GivIn have opened the ship to space and oxygen is quickly deteriorating.  They make their way into a storage unit where they find one suit that will keep them safe.  Corran puts on the suit and goes off to look for additional help.

The Falcon is trapped by a Vong tractor beam, but Han turns the tables on them and, using a tanker loaded with liquid hydrogen and some focused laser blasts, Vong freighter erupts in flames.  They're able to make it a hyperspace and escape.

After Kre’fey’s ships are able to cut a path to the Vong super weapon, Wedge Antilles arrives and joins the fight alongside Jaina and what remained of Kyp’s Dozen.  As they move to engage the weapon, Jaina takes a major blast to her ship and sees nothing but a huge inferno around her.

While they are waiting for Corran to return, Anakin and Tahiri share their first kiss.  After returning to the air lock, Corran tells them some air is remaining and the three again make for the nearest escape route.

As Jacen and Han explain the science before their successful escape, Jacen is struck by terrible pain and tells his parents that something terrible has happened to Mara. 

Across the galaxy, Jaina felt the same pain, but realized that it wasn’t for her as the fire she saw was the Vong weapon exploding.  The pain was Mara’s.  She was pleased that the Vong weapon was gone, until she noticed what appeared to be a single dovin basal floating in the distance.  Things got even stranger when she realized that there were pairs of the dovin basals stretching in a almost a corridor like fashion all the way to Sernpidal!  What had Kyp lead them into?

Luke comforted Mara’s pain.  To his dismay she fell deep into the Force!  Through the Force she told him to defend his family.  Luke mind ventured deep into the Force and found the spirit of Mara protecting their unborn (and healthy son).  Giving them his strength he pulled them all together like a family long separated.  In the vision, Luke sees the future life for his son.

Anakin, Tahiri, and Corran board a Givin ship and flew into the Vong attack going on outside.  Making a jump was not going to be easy as they did all they could to avoid the coralskippers.  Suddenly all the Vong ships turned and heading off to deep space!  The reason for the move is unknown to them.

Nom Anor is incensed at the recall, but Qurang Lah tells him of the attack on the shipwomb.  Anor is blamed for moving so many ships away from its defense.

Jaina confronts Kyp about his deception.  He admits that the ship they destroyed was not what he led them to believe.  It was a new worldship and it’s destruction will cause chaos for the Vong that will force them to expend resources rebuilding instead of attack the New Republic.  Jaina is distraught that she was duped into attacking something that in and of itself was not for war.

As they near the end of their trip, Anakin and Tahiri discuss their future when he is again stabbed by Mara’s pain.  As they land he rushes to the medical bay only to find Mara weary, but well.  She had just given birth to her and Luke’s son, Ben Skywalker and more good news…the Vong disease has been destroyed from her body.

Nin Yim is taken before Shimrra, the Supreme Overlod of the Yuuzhan Vong species.  She expects that her heresy will be punished by death.  Shimrra reveals that Kae Kwaad is actually his jester and is known as Onimi.  Instead of death, Shimrra tells her that the gods have deemed the shapers and those that died on the world ship along with the infidels that destroyed it are the old.  Nen Yim, now Master Nen Yim, will be the new and her works of heresy will now be carried out with alongside Shimrra.  Nin Yim takes on the prospect with full mind in hopes of destroying the infidels all the sooner.

Fey’lya contacts Luke and congratulates him on Ben’s birth.  He also tells him it was the Senate who issued the arrest warrant and he has now had it rescinded.  He claims that he really wanted to help Luke, but needed a certain degree of deniability during this period.  He also suggests that Luke never return to Coruscant.  Luke tells Mara that he hopes to one day mend the difficulties with the Senate, and also that Kam Solusar has contacted them with good news.  The planet they have sought may have been found.  But for now they will focus on their new family.