Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane)
by Drew Karpyshyn
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Author: Drew KarpyshynEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-26
ISBN: 0345477480
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: LucasBooks
Book Reviews of Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane)
Book Review: "One to Embody the Power, the Other to Crave it"
Summary: 5 Stars
The Darth Bane story created so solidly in Drew Karpyshyn's first book "Darth Bane: Path of Destruction" continues on in this fine sequel.
Bane managed to survive Lord Kaan's detonation of the thought bomb on the planet Ruusan after the battle against General Hoth's Jedi army. In the aftermath of the battle, Bane comes across a young girl wandering through the carnage. Immediately, he senses the power of the dark side in her. Bane had discovered her shortly after the battle had ended; crying over the dead body of a bouncer while two Jedi lay dead at her feet. The young girl's name is Zannah, and Bane decides that she is the one he will train to be his apprentice.
Bane informs Zannah that he must go to the planet Dxun to the tomb of Freedon Nodd. It is here, he believes, that he will gain even more power. But Zannah is not to come with him; she's to make her way to the planet Onderon and wait for his arrival. Once at the tomb, Bane ends up getting covered with orbulisks; shell-like symbiotic creatures that have attached themselves to Bane's skin. The creatures act as armor, yet they also suck power from Bane. These creatures will prove to be both helpful and problematic as the story goes on.
Meanwhile, Zannah has made her way to Onderon after killing a group of Jedi and stealing their shuttle. There's still another Jedi, however. His name is Johun Othone, former padawan to General Hoth. He is intent on finding the Sith who killed his former master. The surviving Jedi do not believe any of the Sith survived the detonation of the thought bomb, but Johun's belief in their survival is unshakable.
The story then progresses ten years into the future. Bane continues to gain power, but so does Zannah, who has become very proficient in the ways of the dark side. Now on the planet Serenno, Zannah and Bane have come across a group of separatists fighting against Chancellor Valorum. The separatists have developed a plan to assassinate the chancellor. After infiltrating the ranks of the separatists Zannah goes along on the mission. But, she's careful not to reveal her true identity. Meanwhile, unknown to the separatists, Johun has accompanied Valorum on the mission. A battle breaks out and Johun saves Valorum's life. But Zannah is "captured" and taken before the leader of the separatists.
Hetton, the leader of the separatists, soon finds out that Zannah is a Sith, and he wishes to become her apprentice. Zannah goes along with him, even promising to kill Bane in the process. Hetton provides Zannah with a large amount of materials, including the coordinates to Belia Darzu's stronghold at Tython. Belia was known how to construct Sith Holocons. Bane wants to gain this knowledge for himself. Zannah pretends to accept Hetton as her apprentice and offers to kill Bane, but its just a ruse. Soon, Bane and Zannah are off to Tython, but they are not alone; the Jedi have found out about their intentions and are following them. Who will win; the Jedi or Bane and Zannah?
This is an excellent book. I enjoyed "Path of Destruction" very much, but I liked "Rule of Two" even better. The continued development of Bane from the first book to this one is excellent, but Drew Karpyshyn does his best work with Zannah, bringing her from a scared little girl to a menacing killer of the Dark Side. The story is fast-paced and loaded with lots of action.
I give this book my highest recommendation. I hope that Drew Karpyshyn has plans for a third book, as this series has become one of my favorites. Star Wars fans won't want to miss this excellent book.
Summary of Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane)
In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man?s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith?until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two.Two there should be; no more, no less.
One to embody the power, the other to crave it.
Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.
But there is one who is determined to stop Darth Bane: Johun Othone, Padawan to Jedi Master Lord Hoth, who died at Bane?s hands in the last great Sith War. Though the rest of the Jedi scoff at him, Joshua?s belief that there are surviving Sith on the loose is unshakeable.
As Johun continues his dogged pursuit of the man who killed his master, Zannah, faced unexpectedly with a figure from her past, begins to question her embrace of the dark side. And Darth Bane is led by Force-induced visions to a moon where he will acquire astonishing new knowledge and power?power that will alter him in ways he could never have imagined. . . .
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