The Unseen Queen
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| Author | Troy Denning |
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| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Dark Nest Trilogy Canon C |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
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Publication date
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September 27, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 368 pp |
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| Preceded by | The Joiner King |
| Followed by | The Swarm War |
The Unseen Queen is a science fiction novel set in the Star Wars Star Wars expanded universe. It is the second book in the Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning. It is set 35 years after the Battle of Yavin (35 ABY). In the chronology of the Star Wars novels, it is set after the first book of the Dark Nest trilogy, which is The Joiner King, and before the third book of the Dark Nest trilogy, which is The Swarm War.
A year after the events of the previous novel, Luke Skywalker, his wife Mara Jade, Han and Leia Organa Solo, Saba Sebatyne, and their charges arrive in the Killiks' inhabited sector of space, the Utegetu Nebula, and land on the world of Woteba to meet up with UnuThul. As they pass through the village to meet the Colony's leader, they notice that the Killiks are suffering some kind of affliction. When they all meet UnuThul, he explains that the affliction that they are suffering has been dubbed the "Fizz," and the cause of it is unknown. Han and Leia question UnuThul about the suspicions that the Galactic Alliance has of the Killiks hiding pirates and smugglers in the Utegetu Nebula. In response, the Colony's leader suggests the accusation that this could be in addition to the Galactic Alliance having deliberately selected the worlds of the nebula because they were meant to kill the Killiks with the Fizz for the trouble they caused at Qoribu. UnuThul then moves on to other business by informing everyone with him that the Gorog are back. Luke agrees to take Han, C-3PO, and R2-D2, to explore Woteba in order to find and clear out the lingering Dark Nest threat, as well as to confirm or deny the Galactic Alliance's accusations of the Killiks hiding pirates and smugglers. Leia and Saba, with a sample of the Fizz, take the Millennium Falcon back to Ossus in order to find out what the Fizz is. Mara goes with the Jedi women back to Ossus, and after this, Luke, Han, and the others come into contact with Alema Rar. Alema tells Luke to leave the Dark Nest alone, and in return, they will release new footage of Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala from R2-D2's memory files every week. In fact, Alema and her Gorog comrades do this, and Luke feigns acceptance. However, as soon as she and her fellow Gorog leave, he tells Han that he doesn't intend to honor that promise.
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