Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Darth Sidious...Lords of the Sith, lethal exponents of the Dark Side of the force. But before them came others. Ten years have passed since the devastating Sith War which turned Jedi against Jedi and Exar Kun, the self-proclaimed Dark Lord of the Sith, is dead and buried. But his lieutenant, Ulic Qel-Droma, lives on, disgraced and stripped of his Jedi powers. Now he lives in isolation; a Jedi, and yet no longer a Jedi. Galactic politics have no meaning any more for Ulic, his exile complete, but the past - in particular those hungry for revenge - is about to catch up with him...