Darth Plagueis

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
is a work of fiction. Names, places,
and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or
are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2012 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ where indicated.
All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

Excerpt from
Star Wars: Shadow Games
by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn
Bohnhoff copyright © 2011 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & ® or ™ where indicated.
All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

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Cover art: Torstein Nordstrand

v3.1

For Howard Roffman, whose intelligence, critical acumen,
and stalwart direction helped shape this story

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Prologue

Part One: Enlistment - 67–65 Years Before the Battle of Yavin

1: The Underworld

2: The Inner Landscape

3:
Woebegone

4: The Meaning of Death

5: Homecoming

6: The Hunters’ Moon

7: There Where They Used to Stand

8: Victims of Their Own Device

9: Untapped Reserves

10: The Cycle of Violence

11: Avatar of Mortality

12: Seduced by the Dark Side of the Force

Part Two: Apprenticed to Power - 54–52
BBY

13: Riders on the Storm

14: The Shape of His Shadow

15: Quantum Being

16: Bold as Love

17: Days of Wine and Impropriety

18: Artful Dodging

19: The Trials

20: The Canted Circle

21: Investiture

Part Three: Mastery - 34–32
BBY

22: Ordinary Beings

23: Under the Midnight Sun

24: Sith’ari

25: The Discreet Charm of the Meritocracy

26: Their Baser Nature

27: Calibrations

28: Chain of Command

29: The Force Strikes Back

30: Taking the Future from the Now

Epilogue

About the Author

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