Jedi Apprentice 18: The Threat Within

Vorzyd 4 and Vorzyd 5 are in conflict, with the leaders of Vorzyd 4 claiming that Vorzyd 5 is behind the horrible sabotage to the planet’s productivity. Vorzyd 4’s society revolves around relentless productivity, working full-time from the age of 17, with a mysterious pattern of its citizens dying shortly after retirement. Obi-Wan infiltrates a youth gang whose pranks are getting out of hand. Whenever the adults’ productivity is disrupted, life erupts into pure chaos. Qui-Gon is in search of the malevolence threatening both planets, and the mission threatens their relationship as Master and Apprentice.

When Obi-Wan Kenobi started off as Qui-Gon Jinn's Jedi apprentice, he was just a boy. Now, on the verge of manhood, he is starting on the path that will lead him to become a Jedi Knight…and the master of his own fate. As Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon investigate a strange wave of planetary sabotages, they find their relationship shifting—sometimes in a dangerous direction. As events turn deadly, their lives may never be the same again.