Darth Bane: Rule of Two
	Drew Karpyshyn
	2007
	Approximately 1000-990 Years Before The Battle of Yavin
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SPOILER ALERT: This Will Spoil The Plot of the Book!

On Ruusan, the young Darovit, or Tomcat as he is known, walks amidst the bodies of Jedi and Sith that were overcome by the thought bomb that was unleashed.  He is confused as to why he survived when all other Force sensitives did not.  He enters the cave and finds the a glowing orb hovering and after touching it for a mere instant realizes that the minds of the dead are trapped inside it forever.

Darth Bane, the lone remaining Sith, and his new found apprentice, Zannah, are heading back to the Sith camp for supplies.  The young girl is trying to keep up, but Bane is too fast.  He stops and begins her Sith teachings in subtle ways using the Sith Code.  Through her words and actions he knows he has chosen a worthy apprentice.

In orbit, Jedi Padawan Johun Othone is packed into Lord Valenthyne Farfalla’s flagship.  He is desperate to return to the surface as his guilt over leaving General Hoth’s side is haunting him.  Farfalla has decided only to send non Force users to the surface to avoid any possible aftershocks of the thought bomb.  Nevertheless, Johun uses a gentle Force push to convince the pilot, Irtanna, that he should go along on the Star Wake.

As Bane and Zannah return to the Sith camp, Bane easily kills several looters, but allows a few to escape and explains to her that their tales will not be believed and will help hide the truth of the Sith’s survival.  Still plagued by massive headaches from the thought bomb, Bane swears he’s seeing glimpse of Lord Kaan.  He finds a manuscript left by Qordis and realizes it contains the location of the lost tomb of the legendary Sith Freedon Nadd!

After leaving the remains of the thought bomb, Darovit gets lost in the caverns but follows voices back to the bomb and finds to his astonishment that Rain (now using her real name, Zannah) is alive!  Bane has been adding more knowledge to her eager mind, and in attempts to save Darovit’s life she uses the Force to destroy his lightsaber hand and leaves him behind.  Bane is impressed that even though she feels compassion for him she did what was necessary and never looked backed as they left him on the ground.

Once on the surface, Johun stops some of the others from killing two mercenaries surrendering to them.  They tell him of their encounter with Bane and Johun is eager to pass the news back to Farfalla.

Bane and Zannah reach the Valcyn, but Bane tells her he’s leaving her behind to fend for herself.  The dark side is about the power of self and she must learn it if she hopes to one day take his mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.  He is secretly heading to Dxun to find Freedon Nadd’s tomb, and tells her to meet him on Onderon in ten days.

Back on Farfalla’s ship, Johun gets his meeting with the general who does not believe the story of the mercenaries is credible.  After much convincing, Johun comes around to that side as well.  He quickly forgets his mistake when Farfalla suggests he return to Coruscant with him to meet with Chancellor Valorum about some important legislation that will affect the Republic and Jedi Order.

Still on the surface, Zannah encounters the Star Wake and they take her onboard.  She is nearly swayed to stay with them, but instead she finds a blaster and kills everyone on board and turns the ship towards Onderon.