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Star Wars New Canon: Princess Leia books: Read Claudia Gray books!

The next items on my Star Wars read-through list were a pair of New Canon novels about the life and times of one character in particular: Princess Leia Organa.  Her history was largely over-written for the New Canon, and two novels help rebuild her story. For this post, I read the following: Bloodline (novel by Claudia Gray , 2016) Leia, Princess of Alderaan (novel by Claudia Gray, 2017) I read both novels in the hardcover format. Another appropriate story to have read would be the Princess Leia comic miniseries by Mark Waid, but I covered that in a previous post .  At any rate, its plot does not connect with either of these novels. Marketing poster for Bloodline .  Image from Starwarsunderworld.com Story: Bloodline is set 24 years after the events of Return of the Jedi , 23 years after the Aftermath trilogy , but still six years before The Force Awakens .  The New Republic is well established.  The Empire is gone, and so the New Republic has no strong enemies