Dark Nest

The Dark Nest trilogy

Cover of the first book
1. The Joiner King 2. The Unseen Queen 3. The Swarm War'
Author	Troy Denning
Cover artist	Cliff Nielsen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Published	2005
Media type	Print (Paperback)
No. of books	3
OCLC	77524287
Preceded by	The New Jedi Order
Followed by	Legacy of the Force

The Dark Nest trilogy is a trilogy of science fiction novels set in the Star Wars galaxy 35–36 years ABY (after the Battle of Yavin). The series serves as a follow up to the events of the New Jedi Order series of novels, and a precursor to the Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi series of novels. The trilogy was written by Troy Denning. The first installment was released in July 2005 and the final installment was released in December of that same year. This series features heroes of the New Jedi Order.

An insectoid species called the Killik have been expanding beyond their borders, encroaching on Chiss territory. All of the Jedi survivors of the mission to Myrkr in Star by Star, most notably those who were students at the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 in the Young Jedi Knights series, are called through the Force to help, and they depart into the Unknown Regions of the Galaxy. The Chiss lodge a formal complaint, accusing the Jedi of interfering in their border dispute with the Killik. The Jedi find that their old friend Raynar Thul, who had been presumed dead after the events of Star by Star, had come upon the Killik and been absorbed into their hive mind as a "Joiner". Thul, now known as UnuThul, has been influencing the hive mind from the top, and is the reason the Jedi have been drawn into the conflict so early. The Jedi find that they, too, are at risk of being absorbed by the collective consciousness of the nest since the collective accepts even non-insectoid species. Meanwhile, Tenel Ka, the Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium, has become pregnant by Jacen Solo, and delays her pregnancy through use of the Force to reduce the chance of their daughter's paternity being discovered. When the child is born, she is named Allana.