She was forged by fire. He was bound by creed. Neither expected the child to change everything.
Asori Kwai is no stranger to survival. Once a child marked by the Empire's cruelty, she's grown into one of the galaxy's most relentless bounty hunters-hunted as much as she hunts, haunted by a past that never lets go. Her only companion? A fiercely loyal droid and a sharp tongue sharper than her staff.
Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, is a man of few words and fewer allegiances. Cold. Precise. Untouchable. Or so he thought.
When fate throws them together on the dust-choked planet of Arvala-7, their paths collide over one mysterious bounty-a child, just fifty years old, with ears too big and secrets too ancient. What should have been another cold delivery spirals into a desperate fight for survival, dragging Asori and Mando through ambushes, betrayal, and revelations that shake even the most battle-hardened warriors.
Caught between who they were and who they're becoming, Asori and Mando must navigate blaster fire, unlikely alliances, and something neither of them have faced in a long time-hope.
This is the way... but it was never meant to be easy.