Star Wars - Thrawn Ascendancy - Greater Good

Thrawn has just led the Chiss to victory and brought glory to the House of Mitth, but the danger to the Ascendancy is not over. The real enemy has not been defeated, and it does not announce itself.

This enemy sends no threats or ultimatums and masses no ships at the edge of the Chaos. Instead it offers gifts freely and services without conditions. Across Chiss territory, small events that look unimportant may be the first signs of a larger plot.

Thrawn and the Expansionary Defense Fleet set out to uncover who is behind it. What they learn is that the enemy has no interest in Chiss capitals or resources. It aims at the base of Chiss society: the divide between the Nine Ruling Families and the Forty Great Houses beneath them. Its goal is to widen that divide.

Rivalry and suspicion begin to wear down trust among allies. Each warrior has to weigh loyalty to family against the survival of the Ascendancy. This is the second book of the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy, a Star Wars novel built on political tension and slow-spreading threat rather than open invasion.