As Kerra suspected, Gorlan, who was left for dead, is a Jedi and, when it becomes obvious that his people will pay the price in the Sith brothers' game of give-and-take, he reveals himself and takes up his sword to stand with her against them.
Zyne Carrick and his partner, con artist Gryph, learn dangerous secrets about their friend Jarael's past as well as that of Rohlan Dyre, an unusual Mandalorian deserter.
Thousands of years before Luke Skywalker will destroy the Death Star above Yavin, one lone Padawan, Zayne Carrick, races to clear his name before the authorities can enact justice for the charge of murdering all of his fellow Jedi-in-training.