The team does not fair well. Early on, a gentle Jedi named Ulaha is subjected to torture by the Vong who unleash a voxyn upon her. Later, as the Jedi work their way through Yuuzhan Vong territory, it turns into a pulse-pounding, breathless read as every corner seems infested by the wicked creatures, and it's all the Jedi can do to stay one step ahead from these beasts so well equipped to kill them. A passage featuring Jedi Knights Tesar Sebatyne and Bela Hara:
The voxyn lurched ahead, its mouth closing around the barrel of the Merr-Sonn blaster. Tesar squeezed the trigger -- then snarled in pain as the safety circuits sensed a clog in the emitter nozzle and shut down the actuating module. Releasing the weapon into the voxyn's mouth, he squirmed away, pressing his back against the duct roof in what he felt fairly certain would be a futile attempt to free his lightsaber.Bela's white blade hissed to life somewhere behind the voxyn, but the creature filled the duct so completely that only a few stray rays of light showed past. The beast lunged; Tesar barely saved his breath mask by jerking away, then lashed out and felt his finger talons sink into the thing's wounded snout.
