This book reminds me a lot of Star Wars: Into the Void for a few reasons: 1) They both setup interesting new time periods in the Star Wars Universe thaThis book reminds me a lot of Star Wars: Into the Void for a few reasons: 1) They both setup interesting new time periods in the Star Wars Universe that I would like more stories in 2) They do that "You're in the thick of it" style where nothing is explained/setup ahead of time but merely confirmed as normal/unusual as it happens. 3) Female character almost to say it has a female character 4) Family plot points that are almost laughable. 5) Based in/around comic series
I liked that the galaxy is in turmoil but almost a stable isolationist turmoil. The Sith areas are largely cut off from the Republic to common people, the Sith militaries are fighting each other. The common people are downtrodden with no real hope.
What I didn't like was the 1-dimensional, arch, Sith Lords. Each can be summarized in 1-2 sentences. I understand for clarity that we have to have each having his/her own slice of physical and story territory, but the silliness makes me wonder what and author like Timothy Zahn would do with such a setup.
The female protagonist (at least for the book, can't speak to the comics) is done as almost an empty vessel, she's orphaned by war but beyond that there is no mention, good or bad, to the fact she's a young woman.
The final reveal of the book (which I won't spoil here) serves as semi-convenient reason to tell this story in the first place, the feudal nature of the time period making it possible. Ultimately we are left with a nice lead off story but with Disney's hammer to the expanded universe another novel is almost impossible....more
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