Theme & Symbols
The theme that Is implied while reading this book is " Love can make you weak." The reason I chose that theme is that one of the main characters named Darth Malgus had a lover named Eleen and in one of the chapters close to the end, his enemies used her against him. They threatened to kill her if he didn't let them leave the planet peacefully. Since Darth Malgus Loved Eleen he agreed to the terms of letting the enemies escape after doing so he confessed his love to Eleen right before he kills her. He had a good reason for doing so his enemy found out that he had a lover they used that to their advantage knowing that using that against him would probably increase their chances of leaving alive.
Another theme would be " Don't let anger lead you down a dark path". Aryn Leneer was the padawan to Ven Zallow who was killed by Darth Malgus. At the time of his death, Aryn got a cold feeling from the force letting her know her master was killed. Instead of doing what a jedi does and accept the loss of her master she began to search for the name of her master's killer, upon stumbling on a name she went on a search for him doing anything to get her hands on Malgus even if it meant going against her teaching as a jedi.
Another theme would be " Don't let anger lead you down a dark path". Aryn Leneer was the padawan to Ven Zallow who was killed by Darth Malgus. At the time of his death, Aryn got a cold feeling from the force letting her know her master was killed. Instead of doing what a jedi does and accept the loss of her master she began to search for the name of her master's killer, upon stumbling on a name she went on a search for him doing anything to get her hands on Malgus even if it meant going against her teaching as a jedi.