Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi Series by John Ostrander, Jan Duursema

At the heart of a galaxy far, far away lies the Tython system, home of the Je’daii for thousands of years. Now a stranger has come and the balance of the Force has been disrupted. Three young students feel the disturbance in the Force and are called to this new, shadowy presence. It is the calm before the storm that will engulf their planet and change the galaxy forever!

Banished to the dark moon Bogan, the Force Hound Xesh has been living in contemplation; the memory of who he was before his ship crashed onTython still escapes him. A rival from his past is on his trail, and the Je’daiiare doing all they can to discover his origin. And now, Xesh is about to meet someone who will change his life forever, a former great Je’daii...the prisoner of Bogan!

As the Je’daii study the amazing Forcesaber of the banished Xesh, word spreads that he and his fellow prisoner on Bogan, Daegen Lok, have escaped the dark moon! The three young Je’daii who first encountered Xesh are teamed with Je'daii Masters to locate the prisoners and return them to Bogan...and prevent them from bringing about the mad vision that Lok has obsessively held to during his years of banishment!

Even as the Je’daii close in on the mysterious Xesh and his mad ally Daegen Lok, a third party has entered the chase, a powerful woman from Xesh’s past.

Xesh uses his Force Hound training to locate the Rakatan command center, which sparks an ambitious plan: infiltrate the enemy stronghold and kill the supreme commander. But Xesh has not accounted for a traitor in his own ranks!