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Events occurring between 5,000 and 67 years before the Battle of Yavin. |
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Fatal Alliance |
BOOK STORY |
Sean Williams |
Del Rey |
Story published as:
Hardback Novel (2010)
Audio Book (2010)
Paperback Novel (2011)
e-Book (2011) |
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Reviews:
2 reviews [Average review score: 4.25
/ 5] |
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Synopsis:
Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime
cartel, is holding an auction that’s drawing attention
from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the
Republic and the Sith Empire are present, along with a
Jedi Padawan sent to investigate, a disenfranchised
trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar
Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian with a private
agenda. But the Republic’s envoy is not what he seems,
the Empire’s delegate is a ruthless Sith apprentice,
the Jedi Padawan is determined to do the right thing and
terrified that he can’t, the trooper hopes to redeem
her reputation, and the Mandalorian is somehow managing
to keep one step ahead of everyone.
None of these guests—invited or uninvited—have any
intention of participating in the auction. Instead they
plan to steal the prize, which is locked inside an
impregnable vault: two burned chunks of an exploded star
cruiser, one of which may hold the key to the wealth of
an entire world.
But the truth about the treasure is dangerous and
deadly. And in the end, Sith and Jedi, Republic and
Empire, must do something they’ve never done before,
something that all the agents of good and evil could
never make them do: join together to stop a powerful
threat that could destroy the galaxy. |
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Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 3,643 years before the
Battle of Yavin. |
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Reviews: |
Review
by Darth Kondorr, Poland, 2017
Being three books into The Old Republic series I am still surprised
how surprised I am at liking them so much. This time we get a big
ensemble cast with characters of equal weight and importance and I
am amazed how well they are handled. With two Jedi, two Sith, a Spy,
a Trooper, a Smuggler and a Mando, we get eight vastly diffrent
characters, which allows for comfortable reading and even though we
jump quite a lot between those people it is no problem to keep up
with their present place in the story. The fact, that they are
modeled after the classes from the MMO is of course a big help, but
I think handling so many main characters without singling anyone out
as the main protagonist is still a tremendous achievement. But this
has one consequence, the book is quite long for a Star Wars book,
clocking in at more than 500 pages, not that I am complaining, I
liked most of it, but the build up and the finale are my favorite
parts. The story itself is also really interesting, even if most
of it is predicatble. The main mystery turned out to be more suited
for a Star Trek story (very tech-heavy and quite a bit "out there"),
but it still worked well enough within this old universe. The
great thing about this era, is that we get lots of open
confrontations of the two philosophies of Jedi versus Sith. In the
Clone Wars the Sith mostly operated from the background through
agents, in the civil war during the reign of Palpatine's Galactic
Empire there were almost no Jedi, so having open conflict without
too many smoke and mirrors is really refreshing among the tales of
Star Wars. Now of course these books are not canon, but I
imagine, these stories could be like the Odyssey or the Iliad for
Luke. Some tales, he might read about... true legends... myths.
Rating:
4
/ 5
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Review
by Bones, UK, 2011
Fatal Alliance has an epic feel to it, yet it is
actually much simpler than one might expect from such a lengthy
novel. It focuses on a quartet of characters, each seeking personal
identity: a former Black-Ops soldier seeks to rebuild her life after
losing everything she'd considered important; a Jedi Padawan wanting
to understand his place in the universe; a Sith Apprentice
confronted by a past she never knew she had; an Imperial spy
struggling to reconcile his allegiances. The eponymous alliance
merely serves as a background to their journeys, but is nevertheless
an exciting ride in its own right.
The book is packed to the brim with mysteries to be solved,
interesting and intriguing characters and bucket-loads of action.
The pacing of the story is impressive, given its size, and the plot
moves swiftly, yet still allowing for significant character
development and in-depth action sequences. Williams keeps several
key motives nicely hidden, allowing a few cracks here and there to
keep ones appetite whetted and indeed some are kept until the very
end of the book. The characters are extremely well written,
particularly the Sith, with the Apprentice constantly scheming and
the Master, whose sole goal is retaining and increasing his own
personal power. I also rather like the duplicitous envoy Ula Vii,
whose character seems well out of his personal comfort zone
throughout much of the proceedings - some of his reactions are quite
amusing.
The political and historical situation is mentioned on a few
occasions to give it a temporal frame, but one thing I found
slightly distracting was the similarity between the galaxy of
Obi-Wan Kenobi's era and the galaxy here, more than 3000 years
prior. It would have been nicer to see a few more of the differences
in the eras present, but it didn't detract much from the enjoyment
of the book. Also, (without giving too much away) there was a fight
early on in which the cast struggled massively to overcome their foe
and yet, when they later encountered the foe in significantly
greater numbers, they seemed to have much less difficulty in
vanquished the aforementioned enemy.
"Generally, Fatal Alliance is a great book, vast in
scale and yet still intimate.
Rating: 4.5
/ 5
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