(Since this is a last book in a series, I am only going to give the description of the first book in the series.) Des lived a rough life, the son of a miner, that was the life destined for him; to be just like his father. Des has always dreamed of escape, to see the galaxy. He finally gets the chance when he gets into serious trouble and must go on the run. He gets sent to war; he joins the ranks of the Sith army to fight against the Republic. All his talents show in this field and the higher ups know that he is destined for far greater things as the role in the Sith empire. Des does not believe the teachings he is given at the Sith academy and goes against it all to find his on role in the galaxy.
This almost seems like the second book, was just an introduction to this one. In ‘Rule of Two’, I felt as though some of the characters were one dimensional and were just doing random things. In the third book, one of those characters, Zannah, became my favorite. It was like a switch was flipped and they all suddenly came back to the depth they had in the first installment. We had some new characters introduced as well, I enjoyed them. All the connections between the characters and their arcs, overall, ended nicely.
Like in Karpyshyn’s previous works, the writing was fast and easy to read. Something that other books in this era of Star Wars has lacked. For the Old Republic, this author is the shining star for writing.
The first, maybe, twenty percent of the book, did not grip me. I was scared that this was going to be another fail like ‘Rule of Two’ but then connections started to be made, missions began, and I buckled up for a new journey through the galaxy. That being said, it did take a little while ,it not feel like it though with the fast writing, to get into but once the plot got going; it was hard to put down.
This almost seems like the second book, was just an introduction to this one. All the connections between the characters and their arcs, overall, ended nicely. Like in Karpyshyn’s previous works, the writing was fast and easy to read.For the Old Republic, this author is the shining star for writing. The first, maybe, twenty percent of the book, did not grip me.That being said, it did take a little while ,it not feel like it though with the fast writing, to get into but once the plot got going; it was hard to put down.
4 out of 5 stars.
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