Sylvestry Yarrow is going through a streak of bad luck. After the death of her mother, she keeps the family business of space cargo transportation afloat, but due to the increasing attacks of the Nihils, Sil risks losing everything. She goes to the Republic capital, Coruscant, for help, but instead of minding her own business, she finds herself embroiled in a quarrel between two of the most powerful families in the Galaxy. Meanwhile, Jedi Knight Vernestra Rowe has been summoned to Coruscant, but she has no idea who and For what. When Vernestra and her Padawan Imri, as well as Jedi Master Komak Whites and his Padawan Rith, arrive in the capital, they are asked to help resolve a dispute between two families on the frontier. But why? The answer will lead Vernestra to a new understanding of her abilities, and Sil will plunge into the past... and find out the truth, which will finally emerge from the shadows.