Avar Kriss triumphant! The Hero of Hetzal has
successfully captured the woman she believes is
the Eye of the Nihil, but as the Jedi return Lourna
Dee to STARLIGHT BEACON, a terrible explosion
tears through the gleaming space station.

With communications down and the Beacon
drifting dangerously close to the planet Eiram,
the Marshal leads a rescue mission, leaving Dee
in the hands of Jedi archivist OrbaLin on board
the ''Ataraxia''.

But the stricken space station hides a terrible
secret. The MYSTERIOUS CREATURES that nearly
cost Terec and Keeve Trennis their lives on Xais
now stalk Starlight's darkened corridors….