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Amazon Review
Michael A. Stackpole returns as author of the eighth book in the X-Wing series, taking over again after three novels from Aaron Allston. Wedge Antilles has transferred back from Wraith to Rogue Squadron, and many of the characters from Stackpole's first four books reappear, including Ysanne Isard, the villain of Book 4, The Bacta War. Now that Grand Admiral Thrawn is dead, the New Republic wants to go after the warlords, and decides to make an example of Krennel, who murdered a whole family in his rise to power. But Krennel has an unexpected ally: the treacherous Isard, who the Rogues thought they had killed, is now scheming their downfall. She uses New Republic prisoners, with whom Rogue pilot Corran Horn was held for a while, as bait. The plot twists and turns, sometimes confusingly, as Krennel, Isard and the Rogues try to outguess one another. As ever in the X-Wing books, there are plenty of space battles, with Wedge Antilles, now promoted to general, leading the way. Meanwhile, the aversion Imperials feel towards non- humans, and the tensions between the various species making up the New Republic, provide a couple of sub-plots that make this a thoughtful, as well as an action-packed, instalment in the series. --Liz Sourbut
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