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. 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.
