The Last Sith of Mandalore
Valentino Volente was raised for one purpose: to become Sith.
Born into cruelty, trained among rivals, and taught that weakness deserved death, Val learned to survive long before he learned how to live. At ten years old, he escaped the only home he had ever known with blood on his hands, the Force in his veins, and one unbreakable conviction:
No one would ever control him again.
Years later, his path carries him to Mandalore, a world of armored warriors who distrust Force-users almost as much as they despise weakness. To them, Val is an outsider, a sorcerer, and a dangerous weapon waiting to turn against its owner. To Val, Mandalore is another cage, one built from beskar, tradition, and pride.
Then he meets Nira Varr.
A fierce Mandalorian heiress with no patience for his schemes, Nira refuses to fear him, worship him, or let him hide behind silence. Forced together by survival, the Sith runaway and the warrior princess must navigate a bond neither understands, caught between hostile clans, galactic powers, and the ancient conflict between Jedi and Sith.
The Republic wants Mandalore’s loyalty.
The Empire wants Val returned or destroyed.
The Jedi see a darkness that must be contained.
And Mandalore sees only a boy who has not yet earned the right to stand among them.
But Val has never needed to be welcomed.
He only needs power enough to ensure that when the galaxy finally comes for him, it discovers something far more dangerous than a fugitive Sith.
It discovers a man who has found something worth conquering for.