Wayland is a monstrous living nightmare of a planet and scene of Kol Skywalker's worst failure and his son Cade's first brush with death. Cade and his friends have been lured back there, where a deadly secret festers - and a life-changing decision awaits. Meanwhile, a chance for peace erupts into a three-way battle between the Jedi, the Sith, and Roan Fel's Imperial Knights.