Star Wars - Bloodline

Decades after the Rebellion beat the Empire above Endor, Leia Organa is a respected senator in the New Republic, and the peace she hoped for has not arrived. The Senate is stuck in bitter infighting and partisan deadlock, and the young democracy is at risk of being crippled.

The threats come from several directions. Underworld kingpins, scheming politicians and Imperial loyalists are all spreading disorder across the galaxy. In response, a number of senators want a First Senator elected, a single influential figure who could give the divided galaxy firm leadership.

Leia distrusts the idea. As the daughter of Darth Vader, she is wary of any one person holding that much power, even when her own supporters put her name forward for the post.

A new danger may leave her little choice. At the edges of the galaxy, a mysterious threat is growing, and it may push her toward the very office she mistrusts.

This is a Star Wars political novel, set well after the fall of the Empire. The focus falls on Senate manoeuvring and the strain on a fragile government, with the sense of a larger conflict gathering in the background. It presents the events that lead to the birth of the Resistance.