Star Wars: The New Jedi Order XI: Dark Journey by Elaine Cunningham

Author:Elaine Cunningham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307795595
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-05-03T23:00:00+00:00

Gallinore, famous for its rainbow gems, was a verdant world with stunningly diverse plant and animal life. The rainbow gems, living creatures that took thousands of years to mature, were only one of the many marvels to be found in the fields and forests. And many of these living things had been created or altered in the labs of the planet’s sole city.

While Tenel Ka went to deal with the city officials and Kyp kept watch over the “baggage,” Jaina and Lowbacca headed to the sprawling research district.

Ta’a Chume’s letter of introduction earned them full cooperation and unquestioned access to the facility. Within moments, Lowbacca was seated before a terminal, his furry digits flying as he sifted through computerized records of the Gallinore research, looking for anything that might provide a link between a technology that he and Jaina could understand and the secrets of the Trickster, their stolen Yuuzhan Vong ship.

Jaina turned to the technician who hovered at the Wookiee’s shoulder. “I need to speak with Sinsor Khal. Can you show me where I might find him?”

A peculiar expression crossed the young woman’s face, but she pulled out a comlink and relayed Jaina’s request. In moments an armed escort arrived and guided her through a maze of pristine white halls. They left her before a large door, nodded toward a palm reader mounted beside the door, and left at a much faster pace than that which had brought them.

Jaina shrugged, then placed her hand against the device. The door irised open. It snapped shut behind her with a clang like that of a prison door.

She stepped into a large room, one crowded with so much equipment, all of it in such disarray, that for a moment Jaina suspected she was viewing the result of a head-on collision between two large ships.

Jaina crept through the room, surveying it as she might a battlefield. When she knew all she needed, she slipped out the way she came, retraced her steps through the corridors, and made her way back to their ship.

She quickly described the situation to Kyp. He listened intently, his expression inscrutable. His eyes flickered, once, when she concluded her proposal by noting, “You asked me to be your apprentice. Here’s where it starts.”

“So this is your price,” he observed. “You have a high opinion of your value.”

Jaina spread both hands. “I’m the last of the Solos. That’s got to be worth something. Do you want me or not?”

For a long moment the two Jedi locked stares. “You know we could never speak of this,” Kyp said.

“Who would I tell?” she retorted. “Uncle Luke?”

He lowered his head in a slow nod, holding her gaze. “All right, then. Let’s get this done.”

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