 destiny's way is the fifteenth installment of the new jedi order series of star wars novels. it was written by walter jon williams and published in 2002 by del rey books (isbn 0-345-42850-1). ==synopsis== jacen solo, son of han solo and princess leia, has escaped from the yuuzhan vong with the aid of a jedi master from the time of the old republic, vergere. besides making cryptic references to jacen's destiny, vergere also reveals that she has spent the last fifty years with the yuuzhan vong in order to save the living world of zonama sekot, as well as to gather intelligence on the vong themselves. meanwhile, han and leia organa solo were visiting the imperial remnant, trying to coax it into allying with the new republic. though the remnant's leader, grand admiral gilad pellaeon, refuses the offer, he does give them the locations of the galactic empire's old hideaways in the deep core in order to help the republic's war against the yuuzhan vong. in exchange, the solos offer information on yuuzhan vong technology, especially the yammosks. a new government is forming on mon calamari after the fall of coruscant. luke skywalker wants to prevent an anti-jedi government from forming, so his friends in the smugglers' alliance blackmail the majority of new republic senators into voting for jedi-supporting senator cal omas rather than the anti-jedi fyor rodan. luke inducts nine jedi knights into the new jedi order he is forming, among them jacen, his sister jaina solo, and the new hapan queen mother tenel ka. the new republic forces, now assembled on the water world of mon calamari, plan their next attack on the yuuzhan vong with the aid of the now-retired admiral ackbar. however, some elements in the new republic are desperate enoughâthe bothans especiallyâto make the war against the yuuzhan vong one of extermination as well as victory. one method meant to accomplish such a task is through alpha red, a biolog
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