Life in the Jedi Order isnt supposed to be easy. Its a culture of strict discipline, hard work, and self-control, and only the galaxys brightest and most gifted graduate to the Orders upper echelon of Knights and Masters. This is a dilemma padawan Zayne Carrick has faced most of his life, knowing that he might not possess the smarts or abilities needed to rise above his stationits a problem further compounded by his being accused of murder and put on the run, his former friends and allies out to get him, and the alien con man hes chained to doing everything he can to shake the young Jedi. But there are greater forces at work and Zaynes about to learn that the will of the Force moves in mysterious ways.