Starfighters of Adumar (Star Wars: X-Wing, Book 9)

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Summary: This book shows the real rogue squadron still has it
Review: At the end of Isards Revenge I was wondering how wedge and iella would hook up if wedge hooked up with qwi. This was a perfect way to do it. This book covered that and gave you a more in depth look at the core rogue group. Wes was quite funny and hobby was mournful. You really see how much these guys care for each other in this book when Tycho gets shot down and wedge thinks he's gone it was a perfect example of how much these guys have been through together.

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Summary: This is the best SW X-wing novel ever.
Review: Starfighters of Adumar is my favorite book in the X-wing series. Not the least of many wonderful things about it is that the entire book is from the point of view of Wedge Antilles. As a serious (nay, rabid) Wedge fan, I found that aspect marvelous. The story should please most SW fans; the plot holds up well throughout and has plenty of surprises. And despite having no misfit Wraiths for comic relief, the book still is full of the perverse humor and madcap action Allston did so well in the Wraith Squadron books. Wedge, Tycho, Wes Janson, and Hobbie arrive on Adumar feeling ill-suited for the diplomatic mission assigned to them, and find themselves on a planet with a violent and bloodthirsty culture where people will duel to the death -- with swords or in the air -- over the slightest of insults. Wedge is ordered to duel also, and kill people, to gain the "respect and acceptance" of the local government, but he refuses -- risking court-martial and disgrace -- because he considers it immoral. The story heats up into riveting battles, assassination attempts, and chase scenes, along with political sparring and even a touch of romance. The battles are well done, clearly described, tense and imaginative, and, different from any I've read previously. Fans of Wedge will find him magnificent -- cool, tough, heroic, caring, noble, brilliant, with all the "right stuff." How he wins back his One True Love is charming and will warm the hearts of those long waiting for Wedge to get a life outside of Starfighter Command. I would characterize this book as "Star Wars meets the Three Musketeers meets Mission Impossible." It's a wonderful read, with the fun, adventure, and swashbuckling camaraderie Star Wars was originally all about.

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Summary: Excellent end to the X-wing series
Review: Where as the previous X-Wing books had a whole squadron to talk about (Rouge and Wraith), this one got a little bit more intimate in that only four of the pilots are featured (Wedge, Tycho, Janson, and Hobbie). This provides for a more "intimate" character development, especially with Wedge, and his relationships with Qwi and eventually Iella. Wedge is known as the everyman in the Sw universe, but he is human, and we get to see that in this book. The backdrop is interesting, with the Adumarian culture who value fighter pilots above all else, an interesting analogy for the X-Wing series. Highly recommended.

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Summary: I Prefer Aggressive Negotiations
Review: Although this is more a book about politics, I really enjoyed all the humor they put into it...It's worth it just because it's really funny.

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Summary: Radiant
Review: Everyone has their favorite SW novelist, and Allston is mine. Props to Stackpole and Zahn, but I simply enjoy Allston so much. One of my favorite things about his writing is that he doesn't neglect the minor characters, and this holds true in this novel, as well as his other XWing novels. There is less development of the main characters than in the previous novels; I think Allston assumes that anyone who's gotten this far knows who the main group is. However, he takes our previous assumptions and runs with them, creating a story that, however predictable the plot, glistens with the reality of the characters.

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Summary: Series bows out with wit, action, and affection.
Review: Aaron Allston closes out the X-Wing Series with this stand alone novel that has Wedge Antilles and his team of sarcastic wingmen off to play diplomat. The plan is to encourage the neutral world of Adumar to join the New Republic. What they discover is that Adumar is only one or two civilized steps above utter barbarism, with starfighters routinely killing each other in needless honor duels. Making matters worse is the arrival of Imperial delegates wishing to woo Adumar over to the Empire and a New Republic diplomat that believes that any means are justified by the end (i.e. getting Adumar into the New Republic). I'm not the most well read Star Wars fan, so some of the plot lines mentioned early on left me going, huh? But when the novel gets cooking it becomes a tasty adventure with all the epic battles one has come to expect from this galaxy far, far away.

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Summary: favorite book
Review: If we count I Jedi, i think this is book 10, and the final rogue book so far. aaron allston does a fantastic job of combining characters primarily created by others. Here, wedge is asked to be a "diplomate" for the new republic on a world that reveres pilots. Adumar is a feudel world where pilots are the josting knights.

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Summary: Funniest SW book-EVER!!!
Review: Without a doubt, one of the best of the SW EU and not a Jedi in sight! In fact, none of the Big Three (Luke, Han or Leia) make an appearance-this details the adventures of what my friends and I call the Fab Four: Wedge Antilles, Tycho Celchu, Wes Janson and Derek "Hobbie" Klivian! Find out why the sun offends Wedge and what he asks Janson to do about it! Will Wedge find true love? All this and more!