STEVEN BARNES

Jedi Master Mace Windu travels to a dangerous remote planet on a mission that challenges even his deadly prowess all to fulfill Qui Gon s last request The Jedi are reeling from Qui Gon Jinn s sudden death at the hands of a Sith Jedi Master Mace Windu s feelings about Qui Gon have always been complicated and have not been made any simpler in death While they often disagreed Mace valued Qui Gon s unique perspective and their shared dedication to the Force made them allies Without Qui Gon and his unorthodox views Mace feels out of balance While considering his fallen friend s legacy Mace is surprised to receive a final message from Qui Gon marked to be delivered to Mace on the event of Qui Gon s death The message contains a last request a plea to help the Outer Rim planet of Metagos Many years ago a violent solar flare transformed the surface of the desert planet into a landscape of irradiated glass as beautiful as it is dangerous Now most of the surviving inhabitants live underground where rival clans fight to control the planet s limited resources As a young Jedi Qui Gon protected the Sa ad farming clan from the planet s less scrupulous factions The Sa ad practice the art of dream weaving retaining their waking minds upon sleep in order to comm

Ord Cestus, planeta árido y casi inhóspito, fue colonizado con vistas a convertirlo en un mundo prisión, hasta que un puñado de pioneros descubrió su gran riqueza en minerales y creó una gran industria de fabricacion de androides. Hasta que estallaron las Guerras Clon, con su inevitable racionamiento de recursos y con la prohibicion de la Republica de fabricar androides de combate, lo que dejo a Ord Cestus al borde de un inminente colapso economico.

Ord Cestus, a planet mostly barren and inhospitable to life, was first colonized as a prison world—until a handful of hardy pioneers discovered its rich ore deposits and managed to build up a successful droid-manufacturing industry. But when the Clone Wars erupted, bringing severe rationing of imported resources and a Republic ban on the production of battle droids, Ord Cestus was threatened with imminent economic collapse.