Major original Star Wars adventure set against the backdrop of the Clone Wars and telling the tale of Anakin Skywalker's rise to full Jedi Knight status.

Somewhere between Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III, Anakin Skywalker graduates from Jedi Padawan (apprentice) to Jedi Knight status. This book tells how that happens. A planet that is a crucial communications centre is taken by the Separatists, and the Republic decides to back a guerrilla fighting group called Freedom's Sons in taking it back. A detachment of clone troopers led by Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon and Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker is sent out to help the Freedom's Sons.

Little does Anakin know that the volatile situation on this occupied planet will prove to be his own personal Jedi Trial, and that if he emerges victorious, he will have won the coveted titled of full Jedi Knight, student no longer but Jedi in his own right. This is the Anakin who learns how great his powers can be and how huge is his real potential.

Exciting Star Wars Jedi adventure starring Anakin Skywalker, the young man who is destined to become Darth Vader.

About the Author

David Sherman and Dan Cragg are the authors of Del Rey's successful military science fiction series Starfist.

David Sherman is a former U. S. Marine and the author of 8 previously published novels about Marines in Vietnam, where he served as an infantryman and as a member of a Combined Action Platoon. He is also the author of a new military fantasy series entitled Demontech.

Dan Cragg enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1958 and retired with the rank of sergeant major twenty-two years later. He is co-author of Inside the VC and NVA , Top Sergeant, and The Soldier's Prize. Mr. Cragg is an analyst for the Defense Dept. He and his wife, Sunny, live in Virginia.

Book Information
ISBN 9780099486879
Author David Sherman
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher Cornerstone
Weight(grams) 197g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 23mm