In a stunning move, Fey’lya browbeats Nom Anor during his visit to the Senate calling the Yuuzhan Vong murderers and cowards. Just as surprising, Fey’lya throws his support solidly behind the Jedi. After the meeting, Lah, Shesh, and Nom Anor plot to assassinate him.

Lando Calrissian shows off his new droids designed to hunt Yuuzhan Vong to Fey’lya and the Solos. The droids have self-healing metals that repair after taking a hit. Suddenly they are attacked by several Vong going after Fey’lya. Using her Jedi skills, Leia and the droids fight off the attack.

On the hidden Eclipse Station, the gathered Jedi all discuss the latest developments as they've been scouring the galaxy looking for voxyn corpses and try to identify where the Queen voxyn is located. Cilghal announces that she has discovered that the Queen is most likely on Myrkr, a dangerous planet deep within Vong territory. They discuss the best way to get there. It appears Luke is now open to attacking the Yuuzhan Vong. Anakin suggests they fake a traitor in their midst who will turn them over to the Vong. Once they reach a certain point however, they will take over the ship and head to Myrkr from there. Anakin wishes to lead the mission, but Han is livid at the idea. The Jedi each voice their opinion as to sacrifice the lives of the refugees or seek to destroy the voxyn. Eventually the vote comes down to Han who changes his mind and sides with the attack. All the Solo children will be on the strike force, with Ganner Rhysode as the “acting” leader, and Lando Calrissian will be the one to turn them over.

Yuuzhan Vong board the Lady Luck as the Jedi are all sitting down to eat. Lando talks with them about the plan and promises there will be more Jedi delivered as long as Talfaglio (the imprisoned planet) is spared. The deal is made and they head towards the Jedi. Lando's crew enters into the room with the Jedi and as planned stuns several of them. Ganner is playing the leader of the group and he tells the rest to follow their orders. The plan goes as scheduled, and they go to meet their would be captors. Once in the corridor the Jedi are ordered into an access bay. Anakin uses the Force to retrieve their weapons and that Lando seals off the Yuuzhan Vong from behind. In order to give the wardroids time to escape and attach to the ship, they attempt a distraction and begin fighting the Vong. After one of the Jedi, Ulaha Kore, is wounded, Anakin begins to question whether this was such a good plan after all. Maybe they would all die and again it would be his fault.

With Nom Anor again in front of the Senate, he informs them that several Jedi have been captured included several named Solo. When Shesh tells Anor that two of the Solos are twins, he is taken aback by this for a moment. With Luke and other Jedi watching through a monitor, Fey’lya attempts to arrest Anor who instead releases a black gas into the room and makes his escape.

During a Yuuzhan Vong attack on Arkania, Jedi Trainee Danni Quee is able to gather enough information on the yammosk war coordinator that she believes she can help predict what they will do next.

After a successful distraction, the Jedi are now "captives" of the Yuuzhan Vong. They torture Ulaha and Anakin until Jaina reveals that the Jedi base is hidden in the Core.

Anakin sends a signal to the war droids to commence the escape plan. Suddenly there's a burst from behind them as explosions begin rocking the ship. The war droid comes through and begins blasting the Yuuzhan Vong warriors and protecting the Jedi from any further attacks. As air escapes the ship, the Jedi don breath masks and head out into the corridor to attack what was left of the Yuuzhan Vong. One of the Vong leaders has Ganner by the throat, but three Jedi blast his head off!

Orbiting the planet Myrkr, Nom Anor tells Tsavong Lah and Vergere about the twin Solos. Twins are highly unusual in the Vong world. Supreme Overlord Shimrra was a twin who fought and killed his twin and since then all twins have been forced to do the same. Nom Anor suggests going after the ship, but Vergere has a differing opinion. He is supposed to be bringing the Solo twins to Simra, a Vong higher up. Tsavong Lah thinks it will be a good idea to send both Nom and Vergere out on this mission despite their protests.

On the trip, many Jedi relationships are defined. As they approach Myrkr, Anakin senses the world ship that is orbiting the planet has Jedi aboard it. So much for just blowing the ship up! As their ship grows closer to the planet they realize that they're being led into a trap. Ulaha volunteers to stay with the ship while the rest of them escape. Yuuzhan Vong ships start blasting tentacles to attach to the ship as they head in. As the hull tears apart, the escape pods of the Jedi head towards their projected drop zone. They land safely and believe that they have been undetected by the Yuuzhan Vong.

The time for the New Republic Talfaglio rescue mission arrives. Failure in this endeavor would be crippling to the galaxy. Luke and Mara lead the fleet into battle and are able to defeat the Vong soundly. Danni Quee, along with Jedi scientists, captures the yammosk.

As they reach the main spaceport, Anakin can sense where the voxyn are being held. The spaceport is a giant cavernous hole on the surface. They all use the Force to lower themselves. As they approach a detention center, they easily dispatch a couple of Yuuazhan Vong, but as they enter the detention center there are several more Vongs torturing two prisoners against the wall. They dispatch all but one of the them that is now enshrouded in a force field of some kind. Anakin realizes that one of the prisoners is actually the source of the energy and is using it to torture and kill the shaper. Anakin tries to get the woman to stop, but by the time he reaches her to knock her unconscious she has shredded her victim literally into pieces on the floor! Alema approaches the woman and asks if she can learn this new technique. Anakin says that won't be a good idea. They learn, much to their dismay, that the captives are Dark Jedi who once led an attack on the Jedi base on Yavin 4. The woman's name is Lomi Plo. She agrees to help the Jedi track the voxyn and gives information about its location to Anakin. While Anakin is still puzzling over how the woman knows his identity, Ganner and Jacen contact him to that Nom Anor is route!

Having won a decisive victory, Fel’lya tells Luke that the New Republic will now coordinate all war efforts with the Jedi. He also puts Shesh in her place and she is forced to withdraw all her protests.

While preparing for an upcoming assault on Coruscant, Tsavong Lah speaks directly with Shimrra who tells him that the gods will grant him victory there, he must repay the gods by giving them the twin Solos.

They watch as Nom Anor and Vergere enter the complex. Vergere gives the Jedi a cold stare despite the fact that there's no way that she could actually have seen them from the glass between them. Jacen says that she must've sensed them. After a few moments, Jaina reveals that she knows that it's Vergere. The name registers with all of them from their previous encounter with her. They briefly discuss whether Vergere is actually friend or foe and why, if she is Force sensitive, do the voxyn not attack her. Anakin and the Dark Jedi arrive, and they plan their next move.

The Vong journey to Coruscant goes through several other planets. Some Vong ships attempt to follow refugees to the hidden Jedi base, but they are destroyed.

As Han, Leia and Ben enter their Coruscant apartment, Viqi Shesh plants a spy worm on 3PO. Killing the Skywalker heir would be a sweet delight.