Lost Tribe of the Sith : Skyborn Lost Tribe of the Sith : Skyborn is the second eBook in the " Lost Tribe of the Sith " series . A prequel to the " " novel series , it is written by John Jackson Miller and was released on July 21 , 2009 . Publisher ' s summary . " A Jedi ambush leaves the Sith ship " Omen " marooned on a remote alien world , its survivors at the mercy of their desolate surroundings and facing almost certain death . But Sith will no more bow before the whims of fate than they will yield to the weapons of their enemies . And " Omen " ' s cunning commander Yaru Korsin will let nothing keep him and his crew from returning to the stars and rejoining the Sith order ' s conquest of the galaxy . Murdering his own brother has proven Korsin ' s ruthless resolve — but now an entire race stands in his way . " " The primitive , superstitious Keshiri worship unseen gods called the Skyborn , shun science , and punish unbelievers with death . Branded a heretic the widowed young geologist Adari Vaal is running for her life . Among the mysterious Sith castaways she finds powerful sanctuary — and her saviors find the means of survival . With Adari as their willing pawn , the Skyborn as their Trojan horse , and the awesome power of the dark side of the Force at their command , the lost tribe of the " Omen " set out to subjugate a planet and its people — and lay the foundation for a merciless new Sith nation . " Plot summary . " Skyborn " is set in 5000 BBY and is told mainly from the point of view of Adari Vaal , a female Keshiri geologist and the widow of the late Zhari Vaal , a member of the Neshtovar . The Neshtovar were an elite aristocratic priesthood that rode uvak s , winged reptilian beasts of burden , and dominated Keshiri society on Keshtah Minor , one of the two major continents on Kesh . At the exposition , Adari was being persecuted by her community for teaching that the landmasses of her homeworld Kesh were created by volcanic eruptions . This contradicted the Neshtovar ' s teachings that Kesh ' s landmass was created as a result of a battle between two divine groups known as the Skyborn and the Otherside . This persecution took the form of citizens regularly pelting stones at her house and verbally abusing her and her family . Even Adari ' s mother Eulyn was unsympathetic towards her daughter for challenging the status quo and feared for the lives of Adari ' s two sons Tona and Finn . Adari was subsequently summoned by the Neshtovari leader Izri Dazh for a public trial at the Circle Eternal , a large plaza in the heart of Tahv . During the trial , Adari passionately defended her work despite of the hostile atmosphere . Izri also frequently hectored the geologist and accused her of serving the Otherside . While arguing with Izri , the trial was interrupted by a massive explosion which rocked the Cetajan Mountains . Like most in attendance , Adari fled to her home at first but it was soon surrounded by angry Neshtovar who had decided that her " heresy " had brought the anger of the Skyborn upon them . She sent Eulyn and her children to stay at her uncle ' s house . Adari was subsequently pursued by the enraged townsfolk but managed to escape by riding her uvak Nink to the Cetajan Mountains . Adari intended to investigate the cause of the explosion . After two days of traveling , Adari and Nink reached the Cetajan Mountains and rested in a mountainside roost . Adari flew Nink towards the source of the explosion . Instead of a volcanic crater , Adari discovered that a large metallic shell , which later turned out to be the Sith starship " Omen , " had crashed into the side of a mountain . She also witnessed a man with a red light dropping an object over the side of a precipice . This incident startled Nink and caused Adari to fall off her uvak . However , she was able to grab Nink ' s foot and held the beast until they reached a seaside perch . Later that night , Adari discovered a cluster of fires in the mountainside . While she initially feared that the Neshtovar had caught up with her , Adari then received a strange calming message from the mountains and felt compelled to come closer . She then moved towards the fires where she was overpowered and attacked by the " strangers , " who turned out to be stranded Sith from the Sith Empire . Before she could be beaten up by the other Sith , she was saved by the man whom she had encountered earlier on the mountains . He introduced himself as Yaru Korsin just as she blacked out . Over the next few days , Adari was nursed back to health by her Sith captors and quickly learned about the identity of the Sith and their starship . Yaru Korsin was the captain of a Sith ship " Omen " which had crashed on Kesh during the Great Hyperspace War . In return , Adari shared information with her captors about her people , her town of Tahv , and the mythical Skyborn . During this period , Adari also developed a friendship with Yaru Korsin . However , Seelah Korsin , wife of the deceased Devore Korsin , remained suspicious of Adari . Ultimately , Adari managed to convince Yaru Korsin to allow her to leave with Nink and get help from the Keshiri . After eight days , Adari returned with the Neshtovar and introduced them to the Sith . The Sith were able to awe the Neshtovar with their lightsabers , a technology unknown to the Keshiri , and their ability to levitate objects . Most importantly , they claimed to be the mythical Skyborn , the deities which the Neshtovar revered . As a result , Adari ’ s status was rapidly elevated from being an ostracized heretic to the esteemed " Daughter of the Skyborn . " Adari became the spokesperson of the " Skyborn " who announced that they would reside in Tahv until they could repair their starship and return to the stars . The Skyborn subsequently moved into the homes of the Neshtovar , supplanting the former elite as the new rulers of Keshtah Minor . Eventually , Adari managed to confront Yaru Korsin about her earlier encounter when she saw him throwing something over the mountainside . She revealed that she had later investigated the object and found that it was a dead man , who had been swept away by the tide . Korsin admitted that the dead man was his estranged brother Devore Korsin but justified his actions by claiming that his brother was a danger to his people . He also reiterated that murder was not abhorred by the Sith . Yaru was also able read Adari ’ s mind and learnt about her persecution and her deceased husband Zhari . In the end , Korsin persuaded Adari to keep this incident a secret between themselves in return for him teaching her to develop her Force powers . Adari agreed and became a student of Korsin . However , she came to realize that the Sith were not gods despite their Force powers .