The New Jedi Order : Dark Tide II : Ruin The New Jedi Order : Dark Tide II : Ruin , the second book of the Dark Tide Duology , is a novel by Michael A . Stackpole , published by Del Rey in June 2000 . The cover features a ship that was to be introduced in the cancelled " " . The galactic maps printed inside were designed by Daniel Wallace and Chris Barbieri . Narration for the audio version was performed by Anthony Heald . Publisher ' s summary . author Michael A . Stackpole continues " The New Jedi Order " with " DARK TIDE II : RUIN " , a thrilling " Star Wars " adventure in which the Jedi Knights must fight their most treacherous battle — against an unrelenting evil intent on devouring the galaxy . … " The alien Yuuzhan Vong have launched an attack on the worlds of the Outer Rim . They are merciless , without regard for life — and they stand utterly outside the Force . Their ever - changing tactics stump the New Republic military . Even the Jedi , once the greatest guardians of peace in the galaxy , are rendered helpless by this impervious foe — and their solidarity has begun to unravel . " " While Luke struggles to keep the Jedi together , Knights Jacen Solo and Corran Horn set off on a reconnaissance mission to the planet Garqi , an occupied world . There , at last , they uncover a secret that might be used to undermine the enemy — if only they can stay alive long enough to use it ! " Plot summary . In the book , we are introduced to Yuuzhan Vong Commander Shedao Shai who first appeared in the epilogue for " " , and his underling , Deign Lian , who seems to be quite weak for a Yuuzhan Vong . Luke Skywalker and Anakin Solo set off on a quest to find a rogue Jedi named Daeshara ' cor , who was infatuated with Miko Reglia , a Jedi killed early in the war against the Vong at the Battle of Helska IV in " Vector Prime . " Daeshara ' cor plans on destroying the Vong out of vengeance , which would lead to the dark side of the Force , by collecting plans for a new space station with enough power capable of destroying the entire Yuuzhan Vong , similar to that of the two Death Stars , the Sun Crusher or the " Eye of Palpatine " . Meanwhile , Senator Elegos A ' Kla plans to make peace with the Vong by letting himself be captured and meet with Shedao Shai , the current leader of the Vong . After the Battle of Dantooine in the previous novel , the New Republic fights on against the Vong . Jacen Solo , Corran Horn and Ganner Rhysode , along with a few Noghri commandos , travel to Garqi in order to destroy another Vong base . When a fight ensues between the strike team and the Vong , led by Krag Val and their slaves residing at Garqi , the Vong ' s vonduun crab armor closes in on them and shuts off their air supply because of a certain spore which the crab armor is allergic to . Corran orders the spores destroyed so the Vong won ' t know what can breach their armor . However , the Vong discover it otherwise and plan to destroy the main source of the spores at the peaceful planet of Ithor . Before the Vong invasion begins at Ithor , Shedao Shai realizes through Senator A ' Kla and an underling named Runck Das that A ' Kla is friends with Corran Horn , the Jedi who killed Shai ' s kinsmen on Bimmiel in " Dark Tide I : Onslaught " . So Shai then kills Elegos by strangling him to death and gives the senator ' s body parts , coupled with Vong jewels , to Corran in vengeance . When Corran receives the package , he vows vengeance on Shai and plans to kill him . Meanwhile , it is revealed that Deign Lian has ulterior motives in the war as he actually works for Warmaster Tsavong Lah of the Yuuzhan Vong and they plan on Shai ' s death . Just before the Battle of Ithor , the Jedi and X - wing squadrons , including the Imperial Remnant now lead by Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon , plan on a defense against the Vong . The Chiss Expansionary Defense Force joins the New Republic in the war at Ithor , and Jaina Solo meets their leader , Colonel Jagged Fel . Senators from the Republic , including Chief of State Borsk Fey ' lya , come to oversee the battle , along with Leia Organa Solo . Daeshara ' cor , now brought back from her vengeance journey against the Vong thanks to Luke Skywalker and Anakin Solo , decides to join the battle . When the Battle of Ithor finally occurs , many warriors on the New Republic ' s side and on the Vong ' s are killed , including Daeshara ' cor , who is mortally wounded by saving Anakin from Vong warriors , and Anni Capstan , a close personal friend and fellow fighter pilot of Jaina ' s . During the battle , Corran Horn meets up with Shedao Shai via a villip choir and they make a deal : in the next week , the New Republic and the Yuuzhan Vong will temporarily call off the war and then Corran and Shai will duel on Ithor over who gets the planet . The truce is settled immediately , and Anakin listens to Daeshara ' cor in a medical unit that it wasn ' t his fault that she nor Chewbacca , who was killed back in " Vector Prime " , had died . Daeshara ' cor then passes away into the Force . When the fight between Corran and Shai arrives , Luke and Deign Lian are witness to the fight . In the end , Corran kills Shai by impaling his lightsaber in him and the two Jedi tell Lian to have the Vong leave . However , Lian , who has taken Shai ' s place as leader of the Vong army , orders the entire planet of Ithor to be poisoned to death . When the New Republic realizes this , they destroy Lian and all the Vong on the worldship known as the " Legacy of Torment " , but not without a price . After Ithor is destroyed , the Jedi are blamed by the New Republic senate for Ithor ' s destruction , especially Corran Horn , who is deemed the " killer of Ithor " because of his acts in destroying the planet . Due to the public backlash , Corran exiles himself to his home planet of Corellia and remains there until he is called into fighting the Vong again just prior to the Battle of Coruscant ( Yuuzhan Vong War ) Behind the scenes . " Ruin " lists Jacen , Jaina , and Anakin Solo as Jedi Knights in its " Dramatis Personae " . However , neither Jaina nor Jacen are Knighted until " " , and Anakin perished in " " , before he could become a Knight . Also , other parts of the book show them to be apprentices . This was the final " Star Wars " novel to be written by Michael A . Stackpole . Cover gallery . This is a gallery of the different cover variations of " Dark Tide II : Ruin " .