The day of reckoning is at hand for the young Jedi Knights.  The Shadow Academy--with its army of Dark Jedi and stormtroopers--has appeared in the sky over Yavin 4.  And when a commando raid destroys the shield generator protecting the Jedi academy, there is only one option:  to fight.
Now Jacen and Jaina, along with Luke Skywalker and their friends, must trust in the Force and do battle with their sworn enemies--the Dark Jedi Zekk, his master Brakiss, and the loathsome Nightsister Tamith Kai.  Victory means a new legacy of Jedi coming of age.  Defeat means a final cloak of darkness over the entire galaxy...