Star Wars - Dark Disciple

The war between the Republic and the dark side has dragged on, and the toll in lives keeps rising. Count Dooku, a former Jedi Master who became a Sith Lord, grows more brutal with each campaign. When he orders the massacre of a flotilla of helpless refugees, the Jedi Council decides that defence is no longer enough. It will go after Dooku himself.

Dooku is elusive, and the Council chooses an unusual hunting party. Quinlan Vos, a brash Jedi Knight, is paired with Asajj Ventress, a cunning killer who once served as Dooku's Sith acolyte. Many Jedi still distrust her, yet her hatred of her old master outweighs that. She brings the skills of a bounty hunter and assassin to the mission.

This is a Star Wars novel set during the Clone Wars, written from unproduced scripts for the animated television series. The hunt rests on an uneasy alliance between Jedi and Sith ways of using the Force, with a slow-burning attraction between the two leads.

Ventress wants her revenge and a way out of her dark past. Her growing feelings for Vos threaten to cloud the mission, and her resolve will be tested by Dooku and by her own doubts. Expect a tense, character-driven hunt, with a war as its backdrop.