Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 6)
by Troy Denning
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Author: Troy DenningEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 0345477553
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: Almost five stars
Summary: 4 Stars
If you haven't read any of the five previous Legacy of the Force books, you should probably not read this review yet. There may be spoilers contained within. That being said...
Jacen Solo, now renaming himself Darth Caedus, has reached the point of no return. He manipulates Tenel Ka, his lover. He has slain his aunt Mara Jade Skywalker. He continues to demeen and plot to kill his former Jedi apprentice and cousin Ben Skywalker. He seeks to overthrow Luke and seize control of the Jedi by taking control of the Jedi Academy on Ossus, effectively turning the young ones into hostages and potential future students of his. He continues to attempt to arrest his own parents as terrorists. In his bid to get a firm grip upon 'ruling the galaxy in peace', Jacen/Caedus escalates the war and proceeds to assault the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk under the pretense that the species has betrayed the Galactic Alliance. Now, even Jacen's own GAG troops begin questioning his motives and actions. Meanwhile, Luke must begin to pull himself together while dealing with the assassination of his wife. Young Ben heavily suspects Jacen of his murderous crime and begins his own decent to the dark side as he plots revenge. Jaina gives up her chase for Alema Rar and rejoins her family to try and wrestle control away from the despotic Jacen/Caedus. Han and Leia now realize that Jacen is beyond help and is no longer the son they had but something much more dangerous. Meanwhile, meanwhile... twisted Jedi Alema Rar uses the Sith meditation ship to travel to Korriban and seeks out the Valley of the Sith for guidance. And by the end of this book, we get the bad-a** Luke Skywalker that should have been present in the previous EU series.
By far, this is the best book in the series so far. Allston plods along with his books with meaningless blather and dullness. Traviss tries to pull his dead stories back to life in admirable attempts to recapture the flow of the story so the Denning can deliver what the readers want, the action and confrontations. Denning sends you reeling in this with a star destroyer full of fast paced action as Jacen must begin moving quicker to fulfill his vision of a peaceful galaxy. Unfortunately, for quite a bit of this story arc, this is really not much more than a retelling of the Anakin Skywalker fall from grace and decent into corruption. A Jedi who seeks to protect his lover and mother of his child goes to extreme measures and jumps into the shortcuts to secure their protection only to fall irredeemably into the darkness. Meanwhile, a fledgling rebellion grows to overthrow the dark power in charge. None-the-less, I ate up this book at the rapidly changing events and frantic pace to advance the story. My biggest concern now is that once again Allston is going to drag it to a halt, we'll see. After five books in this story arc that did little to progress anywhere, this book shoves us into the deep end and we find Jacen no more, instead there is Darth Caedus rising.
Summary of Inferno (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 6)
Luke Skywalker wanted to unify the Jedi order and bring peace to the universe. Instead his wife Mara lies dead at the hands of an unknown assassin, his wayward nephew Jacen has seized control of the Galactic Alliance, and the galaxy has exploded in all-out civil war.With Luke consumed by grief, Jacen Solo works quickly to consolidate his power and jumpstart his plan to take over the Jedi. Convinced he's the only one who can save the galaxy, Jacen will do whatever it takes, even ambush his own parents.
With the Rebel confederacy driving deep into the Core to attack Coruscant and the Jedi under siege, Luke must reassert his position. Only he can lead the Jedi through this crisis, but it means solving the toughest problem Luke's ever faced. Does he fight alongside his nephew Jacen, a tyrant who's illegally taken over the GA, or does he join the rebels to smash the Galactic Alliance he helped create?
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