Cloak of Deception


Book Data
Type	Novel
Series	Single
Era	Rise of the Empire
	32.5 BBY
Publishing Data
Author(s)	James Luceno
Hardback	01-May-01
Paperback	04-Jul-02

Synopsis

In "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", Palpatine tells Amidala that "the Chancellor has little real power...he is mired down by baseless accusations of corruption". A manufactured scandal surrounds him. In this prequel novel, which takes place shortly before the events of "The Phantom Menace", Valorum struggles with his fall from power. As part of this struggle, he has the Jedi Council send some Jedi Knights to a political hotspot, in the hopes of solving a problem and reconsolidating his power.

Lord Depravus Says

A well conceived prelude - 03-Nov-06

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a good lead up to The Phantom Mencae. We get to see the events leading up to Episode 1: Valorum's struggle to retain his power, Darth Sideous and his scheming with the Trade Federation, and of course we are introduced to Ob-Wan and Qui-Gon (unless you have read the jedi Apprentice series by Jude Watson that is!).

As a book, James Luceno again does the Star Wars universe proud. I found that the visualisation and characterisation were superb. It was almost like watching a film. A definate must for all Star Wars fans!