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Grand Admiral Thrawn is buying
warships to add to the Empire’s fleet. General Ackbar is
arrested by Councilman Fey’lya for a bogus reason. Han and
Lando are out to prove the Fey’lya is working for the Empire.
Leia, who promised to help the Noghri in Heir
to the Empire, travel to their home planet with Chewbacca
and C-3PO. There they discover a people in debt to the Empire
for the Empire’s promise to rejuvenate their world after
a terrible space battle devastated most of it years ago. Of course,
Leia doesn’t know that Thrawn is on the planet. Meanwhile,
after C’baoth contacted Luke in Heir
to the Empire, he decided that is was time to find the Jedi
Master. But after starting his training, Luke is confused because
C’baoth’s ways are not the ways of “Obi-wan”
Kenobi or Yoda. C’baoth’s ways seemed to border on
the dark side of the Force. Mara Jade is captured by Thrawn and
reveals that she was the Emperior’s Hand. She informs Thrawn
that her boss, Karrde, knows the location of the Dark Force,
or the Katana Fleet, an armada of 200 hundred Dreadnaughts
that disappeared before the Clone Wars when all of the crewmembers
went crazy. Thrawn realizes that if he has this fleet, he could
easily crush the New Republic.
This is a Star Wars book. It
is the second book in The Thrawn Trilogy. The book is well-written
and Timothy Zahn has nailed the characters perfectly. This story
seems to take place a couple of weeks after the first story ended.
Once again Luke, Leia, Han, Lando and Chewie divide into three
groups to go on their separate adventures. Mara Jade, who didn’t
really amount to very much in the previous story, plays a larger
role and could have a very big secret that she doesn’t even
suspect.
Having really enjoyed the first
book in the series, I looked forward to reading this one. And
I did enjoy the read. Don’t expect an action-packed story,
but rather one that is evolving slowly towards the conclusion
in the last book of the Trilogy, The Last Command. But
I really didn’t miss the action because I became enthralled
with the plot development. Would they ever find the Dark Force?
I couldn’t wait to find out. Could Leia really help the
Noghri break away from the crushing grip of the Empire? I didn’t
see how. Would Luke figure out that C’baoth is not good?
Gosh, I hoped so. So, if you want the answers to these questions,
pick up this book and enjoy it.
I rated this book an 8 out of
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