Deceived by Paul Kemp

It took me a while to get my bearings in this book, but once I did, I enjoyed the story. It's set about a thousand years before the movies, and a group of Sith sack Coruscant, particularly the Jedi Temple, during the opening scenes. While many of the scenarios nod to familiar one (smuggler with a heart of gold, rogue Jedi), there's nuance to the bad guys--Darth Malgus has a Twilek lover who's a liability to him because she's not human, and he's really bad at playing politics. All in all, this book is an enjoyable foray into fresh ground in the Star Wars universe. I can't speak to the game tie-in aspects of the book.