SET IN THE ERA OF STAR WARS THE HIGH REPUBLICBefore The Acolyte Vernestra Rwoh must find her place in the Jedi Order.Vernestra Rwoh has spent over a decade exploring the Outer Rim as a Wayseeker answering to no other authority but the Force itself. When a request from the Jedi Council orders her back to Coruscant Vernestra initially refuses feeling that her first priority should be to the beings shes already serving.But after Jedi Master Indara arrives to ask for Vernestras aid in person Vernestra finds herself pulled back into Coruscants complicated world of Republic politics and underworld crime. As the two delve further into their investigation and the lines between Jedi and Republic business blur and Vernestra must reconsider what it means to serve for Light and Life.