Via USAtoday.com:

The new novel Star Wars: Bloodline gives Leia Organa — once a princess, later a general — a story, a journey and an adventure all her own.

So what is her dad Darth Vader doing on the cover, too? Well, that’s a tricky question, according to author Claudia Gray.

“I find myself remembering the Episode I posters, where you see the boy Anakin with Vader’s shadow stretching out behind him,” she says. “In this book, we find out just how far Vader’s shadow falls.”

A follow-up to September’s Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig (which reached No. 4 on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list), Bloodline (Del Rey, out May 3) takes place some years before the events of the blockbuster The Force Awakens film. USA TODAY has a first look at the Bloodline jacket and an exclusive excerpt below.

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