Rating: 
Summary: Sometimes great, sometimes tedious, always underdeveloped.
Review: This book is easily the most important, plot-wise, in the New Jedi Order thus far. Anakin's death, the loss of Coruscant, the exposure (and then death) of the voxyn, the fall of various other Jedi, Jacen's capture, Vergere's strange nature - all occur within the 500 pages of this book. Unfortunately, that's all that happens.What I mean is that while there is more or less a constant flow of interesting events (most of them darker than previous books) occuring to the various characters in the series, there is hardly any description of the ramifications of the major events that occur in the novel. Case in point, Anakin's death. Han realizes from Leia's overly dramatic convulsions that Anakin has died - he does not shed a tear, or go into a lengthy detail describing his loss, he merely continues on in a conversation with Lando. Granted, the scene required this, but with only a few exceptions, the lack of any sort of character analysis really tainted what was otherwise perhaps one of the better novels in the series. Perhaps that's what the duology devoted to the Solo twins is supposed to do though - expand upon the ramifications raised in this book. It will be interesting to see, but doesn't save this book from being medicore in its own right. By the way, Troy Denning did not kill Anakin or all the other Jedi who perished in this book - George Lucas and Lucasarts did. Denning was just burdened with writing the scene where it actually happens.
Rating: 
Summary: Should be a banned
Review: Okay, My experiance with the NJO series has been via audiocassette thanks to my job and how it takes me on travels. I mean heck, would you rather listen to a comercial heavy radio station or NJO? Point made But ya see, there's a problem with this audio. Corrusant, not in there; Feylia, not in there; Tsvanglah's anger at only capturing one of the mighty twins to offer up to Yun Yuzhan on his attack of Corrusant, not in there; the grieving of the Organa/Solos, not in there; Viqhi Sesh, you guessed it, not in there. What they have in there, basic simple stuff like Lando's ruse to appear betraying; the dark jeedhi, Anakin's death, Jana acting all whiny and darkish because of it, oh and let us not forget Vergere crying because of her betrayal of Jacen. You see, this is a great book. But half (amazon does not allow me to put this word in) way through the novel, the tape shuts down. An abrigged version of this masterpeice is unacceptable.
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