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PROLOGUE: THE HAND THAT'S DEALT Naira Raadii stood back-to-back with her master as the two of them fought off legions of battle droids and droidekas sent out by Separatist leader and former Jedi Master, Count Dooku. Naira couldn’t help but think about how this battle could have been avoided—or at the very least planned out a little better—had a certain Padawan just listened to the Council instead of rushing headlong to rescue his master alone. Oh, yes, everyone had heard about Anakin Skywalker’s deliberate defiance against Master Windu, running off to Geonosis to liberate Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, except things didn’t work out that way. Now Skywalker, Master Kenobi, and Senator Amidala—what the kriff was she doing here—all needed saving. Naira was going to give Skywalker an earful after this, Padawan-to-Padawan, if they didn’t all die first… Naira, a young, red-and-white-skinned Togruta woman, had been on Kinyen for a diplomatic security mission alongside her