Fatal Alliance: Star Wars Legends (the Old Republic) - Sean Williams

Based on the online game developed by BioWare and LucasArts, this novel is set in the Old Republic--thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader--and contains characters from the game. When I look into you, I see no loyalty. . . . I sense only tangled allegiances. . . . Given a choice, I would never trust you. From across the galaxy they've come: agents of both the Republic and the Sith Empire, an investigating Jedi Padawan, an ex-trooper drummed out of the Republic's elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian. An extraordinary auction has drawn them all together--in quest of a prize only one can claim. Each is prepared to do what he must to possess the treasure, whose value may be the wealth of a world itself. None intend to leave empty-handed. All have secrets, desires, and schemes. And nothing could ever unite them as allies--except the truth about the deadly danger of the object they covet. But can Sith and Jedi, Republic and Empire--enemies for millennia--join as one against the certain doom of the galaxy?