Fifteen years ago, the deadly virus broke out that turned man into monster. Now, Kanan and his team are working for the Alliance in the fight against the Corpses, and the military control of the Empire. That is, until Kanan's focus is shifted one day when Fulcrum requests a very important boy be brought directly to the Alliance for the sake of their cause.

After landing on a rural moon in order to get one simple device, Ezra finds himself captured by pirates and sold into a world of trouble.

Malachor was a disaster, and Ezra can't seem to swallow down the guilt threatening to eat him alive. [Spoilers for Twilight of the Apprentice]

Mike Schmidt made a mistake four years ago. A mistake that would alter the rest of his life, along with that of his family's legacy. All because of one childish action that was meant to be a joke, and turned into something else entirely.

It was just meant to be a recon mission. That's what they had been told anyway. Unfortunately, Ezra had no idea what would come of it.