STAR WARS DARTH MAUL ΤΗΕ WRATH OF BY RYDER WINDHAM Disney PRESS New York Los Angeles
For Allan Kausch who introduced me to Darth Maul
PROLOGUE The prong nosed rat knew that the dark heap lying in the tunnel was a dead man He could tell by the incredible incredible stench Unable to detect any other predators in the tunnel the rat's sharp nose twitched with excitement at his discovery a large and easy meal all for him The rat edged along the side of the tunnel stepping stepping over the skeletons of other creatures many small skeletons but others quite large as it moved toward the corpse Ragged scraps of broad waterproof fabric were piled over the lower half of the dead man's body His head arms and chest were exposed A fine layer of dust covered his skin barely concealing the bold jagged tattoos that adorned his remains His head rested at an odd angle against the ground because of the long sharp horns that jutted from his skull The rat slunk closer to the body and opened his jaws The rat never saw the fist that crashed down on the back of his neck And then the man who was very
