As the Nihil continue to hold a swath of the
galaxy in the grip of its Stormwall, Jedi Master
Keeve Trennis fights a battle against Skarabda of
the Hutt Cartel, who has used the chaos to annex
a sector of Republic space.

While Commander Velko Jahen comes under
attack from a stolen Jedi cruiser high above the
Hutt stronghold on Ballum, the Republic Forces
on the surface face Brother Lycos, one of
Marchion Ro's new breed of Nihil hunters, the
Children of the Storm.

Defeated on the battlefield, Trennis finds herself
face-to-face with an old foe, former Nihil
Tempest Runner Lourna Dee, now working for
the Hutts….