Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7)
by Aaron Allston
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Author: Aaron AllstonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-27
ISBN: 0345477561
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Del Rey
Book Reviews of Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7)
Book Review: Allston steps up
Summary: 3 Stars
Book 7 of the series has Caedus, formerly Jacen Solo, kidnapping his daughter to force Tenel Ka to commit the Hapan fleet to Caedus' cause of ending the war. A minorly promising turn but all for naught as the girl is rescued by the end of the story. Allston's turn also sees the return of Tycho Chelcu, Wedge and his daughter Syal Antilles mainly because Allston likes using these characters, otherwise they served no real purpose. Jaina realizes she must begin her training again and in a different manner as Jagged Fel teaches her a lesson in fighting dirty. She has taken it upon herself to fulfill some new prophecy declaring her as the Sword of the Jedi and she expects to fight Jacen as Jedi. Jag disrupts this whole concept with the point of Jacen's dementia will prevent him from fighting honorably. For any other developments... well 1) no one still knows Jacen has rechristened himself Darth Caedus and claims to be a Sith; 2) Alema Rar is finally seemingly dealt with; 3) Centerpoint Station is irretrievably finished {thank goodness}; and 4) the secret is out as to Jacen being Allana's father. Otherwise, as others have mentioned, this book is a small circle, everyone is back where they began at the start of the book with no advancement of the story.
I will say, however, as for this nine part storyarc, this is by far Allston's best contribution. He actually had me wanting to read more at certain points but then big scene changes drug it to a halt. As for a follow up book to Inferno, the effort was rather wasted as already mentioned, everyone is back in the same situation as when this episode started. Big problem for me was the discussion between Ben and Luke over Luke's role and grieving of Mara Jade. Ben asks when Luke will get back to being the Jedi leader instead of director and suddenly Luke 'centers' himself with the Force and all is better as he shrugs of the loss of his wife to resume his duties. Otherwise, again this book reminds me more of the whole story being a retelling of the fall of Anakin Skywalker. As Darth Vader, he captures his daughter Leia (unbeknownst to Vader and all of us at the time), holds her captive, and then she's rescued by a band of opposers. Hmmm Caedus kidnaps his daughter, holds her captive, and she's rescued by opposing forces. Oh that and the superweapon of the story is destroyed when it is on the verge of wiping out the enemy. Now if only we could get rid of the stupendously idiotic and ridiculous 'Force Phantoms', man what a dumb idea based presumably upon the Dagobah tree-cave.
I'll give Allston three stars for this entry as he did manage to get me interested in the story at certain points but it's a borderline two stars because it served little purpose to the overall story but was still better than his previous two entries. As others have stated, you could skip this one and not miss much of anything.
Summary of Fury (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 7)
Fighting alongside the Corellian rebels, Han and Leia are locked in a war against their son Jacen, who grows more powerful and more dangerous with each passing day. Nothing can stop Jacen's determination to bring peace with a glorious Galactic Alliance victory-whatever the price.While Luke grieves the loss of his beloved wife and deals with his guilt over killing the wrong person in retaliation, Jaina, Jag, and Zekk hunt for the real assassin, unaware that the culprit commands Sith powers that can cloud their minds and misdirect their attacks-and even turn them back on themselves.
As Luke and Ben Skywalker struggle to find their place among the chaos, Jacen, shunned by friends and family, launches an invasion to rescue the only person still loyal to him. But with the battle raging on, and the galaxy growing more turbulent and riotous, there's no question that it is Jacen who is most wanted: dead or alive.
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