Before the rise of Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, the Old Republic was rife with the evil Sith. Then, rose a new Sith, Darth Bane, who recognized that the Sith Order would fall if nothing was done. Thus, he rose to become a powerful Sith Lord. This book presents the story of the transformation of Des, a young miner, into the Sith Lord Darth Bane.