The jungle planet of Haruum Kal, the homeworld Mace barely remembers, has become a battleground for the Republic and the renegade Separatist movement. The Jedi Council has sent Depa Billaba -Mace's former padawan-to the planet to train the local tribesmenas a guerrilla resistance force to fight against the Separatist. But Depa has vanished. The only clue to herdisappearance is a cryptic recording that hints of madness and murder... a recording in Depa's own voice. Mace Windu trained her.Only he can find her. Now Mace must journey alone into one of the most treacherous jungles in the galaxy-and into his own heritage.He will leave behind the Republic he serves, the civilization he believes in, everything but his passion for peace and his devotion to his former Padawan.And he will learn the terrible price that must be paid when keepers of the peace are forced to make war.