NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must
stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi
Knights in a high-stakes adventure set just after the events of Star
Wars: Attack of the Clones.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: USA Today
The Clone Wars have begun. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the
galaxy. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded
by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers.
After an explosion devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade
Federation, the Republic is blamed and the fragile neutrality of the
planet is threatened. The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the
Order's most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and
maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift. As Obi-Wan
investigates with the help of a heroic Neimoidian guard, he finds
himself working against the Separatists who hope to draw the planet into
their conspiracy--and senses the sinister hand of Asajj Ventress in the
mists that cloak the planet.
Amid the brewing chaos, Anakin Skywalker rises to the rank of Jedi
Knight. Despite the mandate that Obi-Wan travel alone--and his former
master's insistence that he listen this time--Anakin's headstrong
determination means nothing can stop him from crashing the party, and
bringing along a promising but conflicted youngling.
Once a Padawan to Obi-Wan, Anakin now finds himself on equal--but
uncertain--footing with the man who raised him. The lingering friction
between them increases the danger for everyone around them. The two
knights must learn a new way to work together--and they must learn
quickly, to save Cato Neimoidia and its people from the fires of war. To
overcome the threat they face they must grow beyond master and
apprentice. They must stand together as brothers.
