Kaye Galfridian'has taken command of a'New Republic'army, but her first mission has forced her to fight against some of the very refugees she has come to rescue! Mutated by'Yuuzhan Vong'bioengineering, the refugees have become monstrous killing machines who can only be "saved" by death. Meanwhile, on their homeworld of Artorias, Kaye's brother Finn must deal with death on another level, unaware that he has become the enemy's objective in a new front in the Yuuzhan Vong invasion!