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Chapters (80)
  1. Cover
  2. The Rising Storm
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  63. CHAPTER SIXTY
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  73. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  80. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Finally Lourna drew her blaster, swinging it up, not to shoot Pan or Ro, but to fire bolt after scarlet bolt into the sky as she too joined the throng.

Death to the Chancellor.

Death to Soh.

Death to the Chancellor.

Death to Soh.

All around, the assembled Nihil followed suit, weapons raised, blasters firing.

Only one being stood unaffected by the fervor, fists clenched and shoulders taut. Pan Eyta glared at Ro, murder in his eyes. Ro looked back calmly, challenging the Dowutin to make good on his threat. But Ro knew he wouldn’t. He couldn’t, not with the Nihil firmly behind their Eye.

Instead, all Eyta could do was join the rest of the retinue, bloodless lips barely moving as the camp reverberated to Ro’s cause.

Death to the Chancellor.

Death to Soh.

Death to the Chancellor.

Death to Soh.

Death to the Chancellor.

Death to Soh.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Lonisa City Spaceport, Valo

The day had finally come after years of planning. The opening of the Republic Fair. Stellan stood, his eyes closed, considering using the Force to quite literally take the weight off his feet. He hadn’t stopped since morning meditation, accompanying the chancellor here, there, and everywhere as the final preparations had been made.

“Feeling it, too, eh?”

Stellan opened his eyes at the sound of the voice. Elzar Mann stood in front of him.

“What I wouldn’t do for a dip in that lake.”

“Or a moment of peace and quiet,” Stellan agreed.

They were back at the spaceport along with every other official on the planet, Stellan in his Temple robes, Elzar still—notably—in his day-to-day garb. But Mann’s face was beaming, which was a distinct improvement from the day before.

“You’ve spent too much time in temples,” Elzar said, breathing in the air as if he savored the reek of fuel. “I was worried when I was first posted here …”

“That’s an understatement.”

“Worried I’d be bored,” Elzar continued, ignoring the interruption. “But now … can’t you feel it, Stellan? The excitement in the air. The anticipation. So much life. So much energy. The Force is strong here.”