His name is Darth Maul, lethal apprentice to and enforcer for the mysterious Darth Sidious, and this is his terrifying tale...Set just before Star Wars Episode I, Darth Maul sees the lethal Sith apprentice despatched into the heart of the ferocious criminal organization known as Black Sun. His task -- to decimate and destabilize the group's stranglehold on the galactic black market -- is impossible, the odds insurmountable, but Darth Maul is no ordinary assassin, and for the Sith there is just one credo...kill or be killed. Don't dare miss this key event in the Episode I storyline, one that reveals shocking secrets about the Sith.