Obi-Wan Kenobi has left the Jedi Order in order to help end the Civil War on Melida/Daan. But the Young leaders, and Obi-Wan himself, will soon discover that winning a war and ruling a planet are two separate tasks. He will be tested as he forges ahead with his new path without his master to guide him.

While Obi-Wan helps shape the new government on Melida/Daan, Qui-Gon comes to grips with his second failed Master/Padawan relationship back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Things at the temple are not at rest, nor is Qui-Gon’s soul.

Books 5-7 form a unified story arc.