Jedi Padawan (The Clone Wars)

Commander. Soldier. Padawan.

War was never what Astera was expecting. She was a Jedi - they were meant to be peacekeepers, not soldiers. But war never waits for her soldiers to be ready.

Only months into the Clone Wars, a young and ill prepared Astera Lyell finds herself thrust into the middle of a new battle with a new Master, none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi himself. A pairing neither of them expected - the Order forbids attachments after all, and what would be worse for attachment than assigning her to the Jedi who brought her to Coruscant as a child?

But with the Clone Wars raging on, there is little time to question that decision. Under his tutelage, Astera is forced to learn the complexities of war, how to properly direct the clones she is suddenly expected to lead and to undertake missions of an urgency - and danger - she has never seen before.Unforgiving environments and harsh experiences will shape Astera into the warrior she will become as she fights to survive in an ever changing war, and finds that the Order is not what she always expected it to be...

BOOK 1 in the 'Jedi of Mandalore' Trilogy. Followed by 'Jedi Deserter' (Date TBC) and 'Jedi Fugitive'.

Cover by @TheSquareCheese

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Star Wars or any of the storylines/related characters. All rights belong to the respective copyright holders and I am not making profit from this story! The only characters I own are Astera Lyell and the boys of Harbinger Squad.