At the same time, though… planning has gone into it to make it more than that, and the weight of what this story offers feels legitimate in the grand sweeps. With that in mind, this is just another one in the line of books for me.

I get it, but seeing as how there are already plenty of contradictions in how this galaxy is put together, I feel like that can’t last. I still have trouble accepting the “everything is canon” idea. There are a few minor spoilers in regards to world building, but I’ll try to be vague otherwise in consideration of those who’ve not read it and still want to. There are a great many expectations for it. This one is beyond argument the most important one in this new “everything is canon” era. Most of them seem to be filler, to be honest. There are a great many books on the roster right now involving the road to The Force Awakens. It breaks my heart to write a review like this because it grieves me to say anything negative about Star Wars.

Quite the reverse, of the 5 books released before this, I rated 4 of them with 5 stars, and the other not nearly so high. To set the stage properly for this review, let it be understood up front that I am not one of those who despises the new canon. But they haven't reckoned on Norra and her newfound allies - her technical genius son, a Zabrak bounty hunter, and a reprobate Imperial defector - who are prepared to do whatever they must to end the Empire's oppressive reign once and for all. What she doesn't know is just how close the enemy is - or how decisive and dangerous her new mission will be.ĭetermined to preserve the Empire's power, the surviving imperial elite are converging on Akiva for a top-secret emergency summit - to consolidate their forces and rally for a counterstrike. But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles' urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. Meanwhile, on the planet's surface, former Rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world - war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial star destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he's taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy's strength is unfolding.

But the battle for freedom is far from over.Īs the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance - now a fledgling New Republic - presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy's scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. Devastating blows against the Empire and major victories for the Rebel Alliance. The second Death Star has been destroyed, the emperor killed, and Darth Vader struck down.

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