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Summary: I LOVE WEDGE!
Review: I thought this book really kicked butt because the author made Wedge really cool. (actually Wedge would be cool no matter what [except if he shaved his head]) I loved all the different plots intertwined in the story, I don't recall ever disliking anypart at all! Corran Horn is a really cool character, he makes me laugh a lot If a book makes me laugh it's good. NO! Great!
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Summary: Great book , some problems though.
Review: This is a good book that explains (a bit unrealisticly) how the Rebels managed to snag Coruscant. I really hate how the charecters talk though. Normal people dont go around saying "indeed" , "perhaps" , and "agreed" , they say "yes" "maybe" and "okay" , even in the star wars movies, it's really painfull to imagine Leia saying "indeed". also the book has a lot of dry humor and the lines seemed rehersed , which is not the case in real life , but i guess Tim Zahn started that awful trend. also the females seem abit naive , meeting a girl the first time won't casually kiss you on the cheek , it's unrealistic. Gavin is'nt "a child". being seventeen is hardly a child , and seventeen year olds don't go around saying "that's cold and mean" . and how many seventeen year olds didnt know someone that died? very few.
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Summary: a satisfying book
Review: Another good book in the star wars saga. What I especially like about the X-Wing series is that it focuses more around Wedge than Luke, Han, Leia, etc. which most of the other star wars novels don't do. I did feel that there should have been more time spent in the X-Wings battling, I'm sure the Rebellion has people better trained for that kind of operation than a bunch of fighter pilots.
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Summary: Accolades for Wedge and the Rogue Squadron!
Review: I must say, this was a wonderful addition to the x-wing novels. This adventure has combined drama, action, and suspense that kept me reading on. Mr. Stackpole does a wonderful job at developing the characters and making them seem less one-dimentional. I am an avid Wedge fan and this book seems to satisfy that. However, I still don't like Erisi, as she has a one-track-mind when it comes to Corran. The first novel was quite dull with action, but it was a good predicessor to this novel. A job excedingly well done!
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Summary: Rogue Squadron 2 The Saga Continues.....................
Review: Since throughly enjoying the first episode of the Rogue Squadron, I eagerly lapped up the second with relish. I was not going to be let down, Stackpole has bettered the first book, by delving into the main characters even more. The story grabs you and leads you down into the adventurus world of the X-wing pilots, we share their fears, their concerns, their victories and their losses. The characters and storyline have grown so large, that I am surprised that they have not featured in any of the other novels. Once again a big WELL DONE, and may there be many more coming
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Summary: Another good book taking place in the Star Wars univers.
Review: When I read the first book of X-wing I was entriget by the story and how well is was told. I have in others Star Wars books felt somewhat bored because the story was too predictibel. And I usual jump the battlescenes because they were very hard to imagine and the writer didn't take the time to explain what was going on! I read all the battlescenes in "x-wing" and for the first time I enjoyed them. This book is just as enjoyable as first one was and the rest is. And it is not so much about jedies and tricks, but brains.
I'm sorry M.A.S dosen't like to write CV's, but cher up, it's only a little page and fans really like to have some sence of who the writer is ...read: what a person he is.
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Summary: X-Wing remains one of the best parts of Star Wars
Review: "Wedge's Gamble" is the second novel in the nine part X-Wing series set as part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It is set just after the first book, "Rogue Squadron" which began approximately two years after the events of "Return of the Jedi". Michael Stackpole had a lot to live up to with "Rogue Squadron" and he does an admirable job here and continues the X-Wing story.
With the military successes of Rogue Squadron in the first book, the leadership of the Alliance feels that it is now time to make a strike on the heart of the Empire itself, Coruscant. To do so, the rebels need some intelligence on Coruscant so they will be able to strike and pass through the planet's defenses and still be able to defend the planet should they prove successful. Thus begins a different sort of mission for the Rogues. The Rogues are sent undercover on Coruscant to gather intelligence and also to set up for the invasion force. Meanwhile the ruler on Corsuscant, Ysanne Isard, is setting a nasty trap for the Alliance. She is having her scientists work on a very deadly, and very contagious virus that acts similar to what we know as Ebola. The trick here is that this virus will only be effective on non-humans, which is a major backbone of the Alliance. Isard knows she can't hold Coruscant, but she wants to leave a surprise that may very well destroy the Alliance's ability to function. Nasty, indeed.
As in "Rogue Squadron", we still get exciting space battles, and the comraderie of the Rogues. Corran Horn, still the lead character, is becoming torn between two women: one is a Rogue, the other is a pirate. The romance angle here is told extremely well and should not put off the core fanbase of the series (younger males). We are introduced to an additional angle of intrigue, both with Isard and the Empire as well as a potential traitor in the midst of the Rogues. Stackpole is continuing a Star Wars series that is shaping up to be one of the best things in the Star Wars Universe. A Star Wars fan should start with "Rogue Squadron", but there is no need to stop there. There is great action and an interesting storyline.
-Joe Sherry
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Summary: More Excitement, More Energy, OVerall just great!
Review: If the first book in the X-Wing series was great, then Wedge's Gamble, the second in the acclaimed X-Wing series was phenominal. It took everything great about the first book and turned up the heat. Wedge's Gamble, has WEdge Antilles and his Rogue Squadron on an impossible mission: disable the shields of Curuscant, the seat of Imperial Power. They have to deal with rogue agents, unpleasant surprises, deadly enemies and a traitor or two in their midst. Stackpole takes his characters and crafts a remarkable story. As a stand alone book its very good as part of the X-Wing series its awesome. Once again Stackpole focuses on Corran Horn a character who is not omnipotent, who does make mistakes, sometimes crucial ones. He is a very strict former cop who has the ego of an elite pilot just to make things interesting. It's not just Horn who is well drawn but the other characters as well. As the main villain Isard is chilling, but it's the hidden agenda of Fliry Vorru that hinges the story. Full of laserfights, space battles and one really big storm, Wedge's Gamble is a superb addition to the X-Wing series and the expanded universe.
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Summary: And so it heats up
Review: I have heard it said that you have to start something off with a bang, then you have to take it up a notch. This is also true if you are writting a book. X-Wing #1 was fine although a bit slow it had to be to introduce us to characters we will get to know later. X-Wing #2 is much more fast paced and will be that kind of book that you want read in one sitting.
I admit it does however geta little trying at times, Couresant is supposed to be the Empire's back yeard yet it seems at every turn we meet some new alien who is prepared to give aid to our Rouge Squadron friends. Even if you hate this book its compleation is vital to understanding the rest of the serise so even if you hate this book and couldn't bring yourself to finish it get it at the library or something.
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Summary: X-Wing #2 - Spies in Space.
Review: Having introduced the core cast of characters in Rogue Squadron, author Michael Stackpole now begins weaving plot lines that will no doubt run through the next few books in the series. As the first story ended the Rebellion had won a strategic victory that could be the first step to capturing the Imperial Capital planet of Coruscant, or so they have been led to think. The new Imperial Leader Ysanne Isard actually has an evil scheme to destroy the Rebellion, and our characters seem to be playing right into her slimey hands. Sadly Stackpole cheats a bit in his narrative, characters bump into each other far too easily on what is supposed to be such a crowded and construction jumbled planet, also a team of elite fighters sent on a spying mission? The Rebellion can't be that hard up for agents and warriors. On the plus side Stackpole allows the emotional toll of living a resistance fighters life show in his characters, which makes the tension all the more real, as does his frequent use of cliffhanger chapter endings. In the end the pluses outweight the minuses and Star Wars X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble remains a taut read until the climatic battle. Recommended.
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