Tells the complete tale of Grand Moff Tarkin, who guides the creation of the Death Star and paves the way for the Empire's supremacy--and whom even the dreaded Darth Vader obeys.

We have two lives. The second begins when we realise we only have one. For Julius Tiberius Banks, a health crisis at thirty-two ends his first. In his second, he wants a better reason for being than the mountain of cash and the calculating trophy wife he'd gathered in the first. Progress is, made, but less than two-years later, his fleeting vision of that new life is, stymied. Unknown people want him dead. Seeking safety and solutions, he returns...