***While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation
on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a
fierce fight with the Separatists. . . .
The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions
of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and
blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids'
durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than in the
steaming Jasserak jungle, where the doctors and nurses of a small med
unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and wounded start to pile
up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell "Uli" Divini know that time is
running out.
Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been stretched to
the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could very well lead to
her death-and that of countless others. For the conflict is growing-and
for this obscure mobile med unit, there's only one resolution. Shocking,
bold, unprecedented, it's the only option Jos and his colleagues really
have. The unthinkable has become the inevitable. Whether it kills them
or not remains to be seen.